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George Santayana — Portrait after a picture by Artist: Samuel Johnson Woolf (1880-1948). Time magazine (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons.

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George Santayana

Spanish-American philosopher

1863–1952

22 quotes, most often on Life & Death, Philosophy and Truth & Lies.

Trust the man who hesitates in his speech and is quick and steady in action, but beware of long arguments and long beards.
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Matters of religion should never be matters of controversy. We neither argue with a lover about his taste, nor condemn him, if we are just, for knowing so human a passion.
The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress (1905-1906), Vol. III, Reason in Religion, Ch. VI
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