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Home Art The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.

The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.

Polly, August 14, 2013

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The finest works of art are precious, among other reasons, because they make it possible for us to know, if only imperfectly and for a little while, what it actually feels like to think subtly and feel nobly.

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Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.

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