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To die is poignantly bitter, but the idea of having to die without having lived is unbearable.

Erich Fromm

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Erich Fromm
Age: 79 †
Born: 1900
Born: March 23
Died: 1980
Died: March 18
Philosopher
Psychoanalyst
Psychologist
Sociologist
University Teacher
Writer
Frankfurt/Main
Dying
Poignantly
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Dies
Unbearable
Idea
Bitterness
Death
Sympathy
Ideas
Clever
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Bitter
Lived

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