| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 48142 |
| QUOTATION: | The hunger for facile wisdom is the root of all false philosophy. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | George Santayana (18631952), U.S. philosopher, essayist. Originally published 1905. Reason in Religion, ch. 2, Scribners (1945). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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