Quote by Jean Baudrillard
In days gone by, we were afraid of dying in dishonor or a state of

In days gone by, we were afraid of dying in dishonor or a state of sin. Nowadays, we are afraid of dying fools. Now the fact is that there is no Extreme Unction to absolve us of foolishness. We endure it here on earth as subjective eternity. – Jean Baudrillard

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Pornography is the quadraphonics of sex. It adds a third and fourth track to the sexual act. It is the hallucination of detail that rules. Science has already habituated us to this microscopics, this excess of the real in its microscopic detail, this voyeurism of exactitude. – Jean Baudrillard

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Deep down, the US, with its space, its technological refinement, its bluff good conscience, even in those spaces which it opens up for simulation, is the only remaining primitive society. – Jean Baudrillard

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Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet. – African Proverb

Fools build houses, and wise men buy them. – English Proverb

Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done. – Al Bernstein

The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his way. – Josh Billings

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The freedom of each individual can only be the freedom of all. – Friedrich Durrenmatt

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The poor dont know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity. – Jean-Paul Sartre

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France is France and a grand place for Frenchman. – Harry Truman, letter to Bess Wallace, 1918 May 5th

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