"A man finds himself, to his great astonishment,……" — Arthur Schopenhauer

"A man finds himself, to his great astonishment, suddenly existing, after thousands and thousands of years of non-existence: he lives for a little while; and then, again, comes an equally long period when he must exist no more. The heart rebels against this, and feels that it cannot be true."

— Arthur Schopenhauer

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