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Man does not create gods, in spite of appearances. The times, the age, impose them on him.
Stanislaw Lem
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Stanislaw Lem
Age: 84 †
Born: 1921
Born: September 12
Died: 2006
Died: March 27
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...it is easy not to believe in monsters, considerably more difficult to escape their dread and loathsome clutches.
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