Giacomo Leopardi - Old age is the supreme evil, for it deprives man...

Old age is the supreme evil, for it deprives man of all pleasures while allowing his appetites to remain, and it brings with it every possible sorrow. Yet men fear death and desire old age.

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Old age is the supreme evil, for it deprives man of all pleasures while allowing his appetites to remain, and it brings with it every possible sorrow. Yet men fear death and desire old age.

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age supreme evil deprives man pleasures allowing appetites remain brings sorrow men fear death desire

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