David Riesman: The imminence of death serves to sweep away the inessential preoccupations for those who do not flee from the thought of

The imminence of death serves to sweep away the inessential preoccupations for t — David Riesman

The imminence of death serves to sweep away the inessential preoccupations for those who do not flee from the thought of death into triviality.

David Riesman

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Je suis un cimetière abhorré de la lune. — Charles Baudelaire
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