What did today's sacrifices matter: the Universe lay ahead in the future. What did burnings at the stake and… — Simone de Beauvoir
What did today's sacrifices matter: the Universe lay ahead in the future. What did burnings at the stake and massacres matter? The Universe was somewhere else, always somewhere else! And it isn't anywhere: there are only men, men eternally divided.
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If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat.
