Half our standards come from our first masters, and the other half fro…

George Santayana
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Half our standards come from our first masters, and the other half from our first loves. ✨ George Santayana, Martin A. Coleman (2009). The Essential Santayana: Selected Writings, p.321, Indiana University Press
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