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There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

George Santayana (1863-1952) Spanish-American poet and philosopher [Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruíz de Santayana y Borrás]
Essay (1916 ca.), “War Shrines,” Soliloquies in England, ch. 24 (1922)

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Wisdom in Space Feb 18

Those who speak most of progress measure it by quantity and not by quality.
-- George Santayana

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HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Jan 28

@amalia22
"Why do they always succumb to Trump...Meloni?,,,"

This question of yours is, quite frankly, relatively easy to answer:

As the famous Spanish philosopher, #GeorgeSantayana, wrote:

👉"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."👈

Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana:

Reason in Common Sense, p. 284, vol. 1 of The Life of Reason. (1905.)

However, there is another reason: greed and the lack lust for ever more power and wealth:
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/114972045728915873

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Wisdom in Space Jan 26

Repetition is the only form of permanence that nature can achieve.
-- George Santayana

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Lenonn Jan 3

Who will be the 2028 hope and change candidate - and presumably one will bring real change? Another thing the candidates will need to decide on whether they support or not. But they will need to be antiwar.

Our country truly is horrible sometimes.

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