"Advertising is the modern substitute for argument, its function is to make the worse appear the better article. A confused competition of all propagandas -- those insults to human nature -- is carried on by the most expert psychological methods -- for instance, by always repeating a lie."

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Source : George Santayana (1937). “The Works of George Santayana”

George Santayana

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“Through love and sincerity continuously beautify your inner life in every way, by daily looking into the mirror of introspection.”
“When my mother was sick, I found myself needing to put down in my journals all sorts of things - to try to understand them, and, I think, to try to remember them.”
“I'm imperfect. There are things in time that will bother me, but I don't dwell on them. It's another thing to dwell on it your whole day and let it bother you.”
“We need revelation for the calling of officers in the Church. Men should not be called merely through impression.”

Source : J. Golden Kimball (2008). “J. Golden Kimball: His Sermons”, p.116, Latter-day Publishing
“I'd like to meet you In a timeless placeless place Somewhere out of context And beyond all consequences.”
“All psychological research is completely barred by the interpretations of the psychoanalysts. Everything happens in the unconscious, and I don't know what this unconscious is.”
“It feels good to watch TV and know that you're being represented on somebody's network and for certain communities, it feels even better to know that you're being depicted truthfully.”
“Father had notions about manhood suffrage, public schools, the education and the elevation of the masses, and the gradual emancipation of the slaves, that did not suit the uncompromising views of people in places like Richmond.”

Source : John Sergeant Wise, Paul Dennis Sporer (2005). “End of an Era: The Last Days of Traditional Southern Culture as Seen Through the Eyes of a Young Confederate Soldier”, p.40, Anza Publishing

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