George Santayana in The Life of Reason: Happiness is the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and lamentable experiment.

Happiness is the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains — George Santayana in The Life of Reason

Happiness is the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and lamentable experiment.

George Santayana in The Life of Reason

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