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Anybody who preserves the ability to recognize beauty will never get old.
Franz Kafka
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Franz Kafka
Age: 41 †
Born: 1883
Born: July 3
Died: 1924
Died: July 3
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Going to pieces. To go to pieces so pointlessly and unnecessarily.
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The founder brought the laws from the lawgiver the faithful are meant to announce the laws to the lawgiver.
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The Diabolical sometimes assumes the aspect of the Good, or even embodies itself completely in its form. If this remains concealedfrom me, I am of course defeated, for this Good is more tempting than the genuine Good.
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