Life
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There is more to life than increasing its speed
The main purpose of life is to live rightly, think rightly, act rightly. The soul must languish when we give all our thought to the body
Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxication
It is very certain that the desire of life prolongs it
It matters not how long you live, but how well
Every day should be passed as if it were to be our last
Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late
If you wouldst live long, live well; for folly and wickedness shorten life
Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen
Life does not consist mainly - or even largely - of facts and happenings. It consists mainly of the storm of thoughts that is forever blowing through one's head
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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