Quote by Hannah Arendt
In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved

In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism. – Hannah Arendt

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Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself. The masses have to be won by propaganda. – Hannah Arendt

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We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for their abundance. – Hannah Arendt

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst expect the best and take what comes. – Hannah Arendt

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Death
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Life inspires more dread than death – it is life which is the great unknown. – Emile M. Cioran

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The disembodied spirit is immortal there is nothing of it that can grow old or die. But the embodied spirit sees death on the horizon as soon as its day dawns. – Thomas Hobbes

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But I have been in some very beautiful churches, then Ive looked outside and seen people starving to death. – Don Van Vliet

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I know not what others may choose but, as for me, give me liberty or give me death. – Patrick Henry

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