George Santayana, The Life of Reason, Vol. III: Reason and Religion (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905), Ch. X: "Piety", p. 189.
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Piety to mankind must be three-fourths pity.
— George Santayana on Pity
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About George Santayana
Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás, known in English as George Santayana (16 December 1863 in Madrid, Spain – 26 September 1952 in Rome, Italy) was a Spanish-American philosopher, essayist, poet and novelist.
About George Santayana
Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás, known in English as George Santayana (16 December 1863 in Madrid, Spain – 26 September 1952 in Rome, Italy) was a Spanish-American philosopher, essayist, poet and novelist.
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