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Quotes from Dialogues in Limbo — George Santayana

1863–1952 Spain

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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.

Dialogues in Limbo (1926)

Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by grace.

Dialogues in Limbo (1926)

The soul, too, has her virginity and must bleed a little before bearing fruit.

Dialogues in Limbo (1926)

Philosophers are as jealous as women. Each wants a monopoly of praise.

Dialogues in Limbo (1926)

All living souls welcome whatsoever they are ready to cope with; all else they ignore, or pronounce to be monstrous and wrong, or deny to be possible.

Dialogues in Limbo (1926)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: George Santayana (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.