To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight of the blood.
Quote by George Santayana
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To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight of the blood.
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George Santayana Quotes
- An ideal cannot wait for its realization to prove its validity.
- Fanaticism consists in redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim.
- Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.
- Those who speak most of progress measure it by quantity and not by quality.
- Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
- The loneliest woman in the world is a woman without a close woman friend.
- Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of love.
- An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world.
- To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight of the blood.
- The truth is cruel, but it can be loved, and it makes free those who have loved it.
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- I believe in a religion that believes in freedom. Any time I have to accept a religion that won't let me fight a battle for my people, I say to hell with that religion.
- Family and friends and faith are the most important things in your life and you should be building friendships.
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- Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.