Outside of that single fatality of death, everything, joy or happiness, is liberty.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Outside of death, everything else like joy is liberty.
- In plain terms
- Death is the only certainty; joy is freedom.
- What can you take from it?
- Enjoy joy as freedom since death is the only limit.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What else limits your liberty?
Another view
Death is not the only limit; others exist.
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