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About George Santayana

George Santayana was a philosopher, essayist, and poet associated with American and European intellectual life. He is known for works including The Life of Reason and the aphorism about repeating history.

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"...an optimistic mind-set finds dozens of possible solutions for every problem that the pessimist..."
"I had a microscopic eye for the blemish, for the grain of ugliness which to me constituted the so..."
"All that man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts. ..."