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Illustration from Alfons Mucha’s “Le Pater,” 1899

“The Abbot” From “Basel’s Dance of Death,” Matthäus Merian, circa 1649

“Know all the theories, master all the techniques …

“Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief.”

“The Second Coming,” by William Butler Yeats

Memento mori, Giovanni Boldù, 1466

Why can’t we be Franz?

“Aging itself does not bring wisdom.”

“We slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness.”