The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the old man… - George Santayana

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The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the old man who will not laugh is a fool.

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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Mein Leben durchgestürmt; erst gross und mächtig, Nun aber geht es weise, geht bedächtig.

The working of great administrations is mainly the result of a vast mass of routine, petty malice, self-interest, carelessness and sheer mistake. Only a residual fraction is thought.

Most men's conscience, habits, and opinions are borrowed from convention and gather continual comforting assurances from the same social consensus that originally suggested them.

The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the old man who will not laugh is a fool. - George Santayana

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