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We are made to be immortal, and yet we die. It's horrible, it can't be taken seriously
Eugene Ionesco
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Eugene Ionesco
Age: 84 †
Born: 1909
Born: November 26
Died: 1994
Died: March 28
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We haven't the time to take out time.
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Many people have delusions of grandeur but you're deluded by triviality.
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Beauty is a precious trace that eternity causes to appear to us and that it takes away from us. A manifestation of eternity, and a sign of death as well.
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There is no religion in which everyday life is not considered a prison there is no philosophy or ideology that does not think that we live in alienation.
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