"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
"In the contemplation of beauty we are raised above ourselves, the passions are silenced and we are happy in the recognition of a good that we do not seek to possess."
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Source: George Santayana (2012). “The Sense of Beauty”, p.24, Courier Corporation
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