To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely. — Quoted

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“To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely.”

Jorge Luis Borges · Religion

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The truth is that we live out our lives putting off all that can be put off perhaps we all know deep down that we are immortal and that sooner or later all men will do and know all things.

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