A Quote by George Santayana

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

George Santayana

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George Santayana
Spanish - Novelist
December 16, 1863 - September 26, 1952

Gnomic wisdom, however, is notoriously polychrome, and proverbs depend for their truth entirely on the occasion they are applied to. Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

George Santayana

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