"On the whole, men are more good than bad; that, however, isn't the real point. But they are more or less ignorant, and it is this that we call vice or...
In order to exist just once in the world, it is necessary never again to exist.
~ Albert Camus ~
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In order to exist just once in the world, it is necessary never again to exist.
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