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.
It is old age, rather than ...
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One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.
Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.
I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.
Sex pleasure in woman is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if words or movements oppose the magic of caresses, the spell is broken.
Retirement revives the sorrow of parting, the feeling of abandonment, solitude and uselessness that is caused by the loss of some beloved person.
