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George Santayana
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why shouldnt things be largely absurd, futile, and transitory? they are so, and we are so, and they and we go together. ✨ George Santayana, William G. Holzberger (2002). The Letters of George Santayana, p.319, MIT Press
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Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness. ✨ George Santayana (1970). Three Philosophical Poets: Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe, p.221, Library of Alexandria
The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous in old age. ✨ George Santayana (1934). Little essays drawn from the writings of George Santayana, p.22, Рипо … ▶
A simple life is its own reward. ✨ George Santayana (2015). The Life of Reason: Human Understanding, p.203, 谷月社
There is nothing to which men, while they have food and drink, cannot reconcile themselves. ✨ George Santayana (1934). Little essays drawn from the writings of George Santayana, p.27, Рипол Классик
Well-bred instinct meets reason halfway ✨ George Santayana, Marianne S. Wokeck, Martin A. Coleman, James Gouinlock (2013). The Life of Reason or The Phases of Human Progress: Reason in Society, Volum … ▶

why shouldnt things be largely absurd, futile, and transitory? they are so, and we are so, and they and we go together. ✨ George Santayana, William G. Holzberger (2002). The Letters of George Santayana, p.319, MIT Press

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