In solitude it is possible to love mankind; in the world, f… - George Santayana

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In solitude it is possible to love mankind; in the world, for one who knows the world, there can be nothing but secret or open war.

George Santayana

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Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás, known in English as George Santayana (16 December 1863 in Madrid, Spain – 26 September 1952 in Rome, Italy) was a Spanish-American philosopher, essayist, poet and novelist.

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Alternative Names: Jorge Santayana • Jorge Augustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana • Jorge Augustin Nicolas Ruiz de Santayana • Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás

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When Socrates and his two great disciples composed a system of rational ethics they were hardly proposing practical legislation for mankind...They were merely writing an eloquent epitaph for their country.

لا يمكن للآلهة أن تتعرى لأن صفاتها هي عين ذاتها

All his life he [the American] jumps into the train after it has started and jumps out before it has stopped; and he never once gets left behind, or breaks a leg.

In solitude it is possible to love mankind; in the world, for one who knows the world, there can be nothing but secret or open war. - George Santayana

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