Our dignity is not in what we do, but what we understand. ✨ George San…

George Santayana
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Our dignity is not in what we do, but what we understand. ✨ George Santayana, Martin A. Coleman (2009). The Essential Santayana: Selected Writings, p.532, Indiana University Press
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Our dignity is not in what we do, but what we understand. ✨ George Santayana, Martin A. Coleman (2009). The Essential Santayana: Selected Writings, p.532, Indiana University Press

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