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The Coming of Age Quotes

It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old age is life’s parody, whereas death transforms life into a destiny: in a way it preserves it by giving it the absolute dimension. Death does away with time.

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  • Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old.
  • When an old man dies, a library burns.
  • Thou shouldst not have been old till thou hadst been wise.

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Simone de Beauvoir - The Coming of Age Quotes
  • Book: The Coming of Age
  • Writer: Simone de Beauvoir
  • Genre: Philosophy
  • Published: 1970
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