Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the 1000 small uncaring ways. - Stephen Vincent Benét (1898 - 1943)
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命は死ぬことで失われるのではない。命は刻一刻と失われている。だらだらと過ごす日々のうちに、数え切れず小さいがゆえに見過ごされて行くあらゆる点で。 - スティーブン・ヴィンセント・ベネ［ベネー／ベネット］ (1898 - 1943)
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![IMAGE: The first and best [greatest] victory is to conquer self [yourself]; to be conquered by self [yourself] is of all things most shameful and vile.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/book-2127252_640-100x67.jpg)
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![IMAGE: Even though our outer nature suffers decay, our inner self is renewed day after day. [Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are being renewed every day.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/saint-paul-1276547_640-100x67.jpg)