"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
"Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by grace."
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Source: George Santayana (1937). “The Works of George Santayana: Dialogues in limbo. Platonism and the spiritual life. A long way round to Nirvana. The prestige of the infinite. Ultimate religion”
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