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"A grateful environment is a substitute for happiness. It can quicken us from without as a fixed hope and affection, or the consciousness of a right life, can quicken us from within."

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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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