It is a new road to happiness, if you have strength enough to castigat…

George Santayana
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It is a new road to happiness, if you have strength enough to castigate a little the various impulses that sway you in turn. ✨ George Santayana (2014). Winds of Doctrine: Studies in Contemporary Opinion, p.19, The Floating Press
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It is a new road to happiness, if you have strength enough to castigate a little the various impulses that sway you in turn. ✨ George Santayana (2014). Winds of Doctrine: Studies in Contemporary Opinion, p.19, The Floating Press

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