It is old age rather than death that is to be contrasted with life. Old age is life's parody whereas death transforms life into a destiny: in a way it preserves it by giving it the absolute dimension. Death does away with time.

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Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future act now without delay.

Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future act now without delay.

In itself homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable of lov

In itself homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable of loving a woman or a man, either a human being without feeling fear, restraint or obligation.

Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes bu

Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes, but is a reward in itself.

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Art is an attempt to integrate evil.

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