"What a pathetic cliché that "in my memories lives forever". Is he alive? That's exactly what he doesn't do! It's like thinking like the ancient Egyptians, who hoped to preserve their dead by embalming. Well, nothing convinces us that they are no more! What is left of them? A corpse, a memory, (some say) their ghost. Come on, stupidity! All three are synonymous with death.
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What a pathetic cliché that "in my memories lives forever". Is he alive? That's exactly what he doesn't do! It's like thinking like the ancient Egyptians, who hoped to preserve their dead by embalming. Well, nothing convinces us that they are no more! What is left of them? A corpse, a memory, (some say) their ghost. Come on, stupidity! All three are synonymous with death.
""Micsoda szánalmas klisé az, hogy "emlékeimben örökké él". Él? Hisz pontosan azt nem teszi! Mintha úgy gondolnánk, mint az ókori egyiptomiak, kik balzsamozással remélték megőrizni halottaikat. Hát semmi nem győz meg bennünket, hogy nincsenek többé! Mi az, ami megmaradt belőlük? Egy holttest, egy emlék, (némelyek szerint) a kísértetük. Ugyan, szemfényvesztés, badarság! Mindhárom a halál szinonimája."