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Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving
Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile
I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind
Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations
Life is a flame that is always burning itself out, but it catches fire again every time a child is born
Life is a disease; and the only difference between one another is the stage of the disease at which he lives
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself
Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh
Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it
Crude classifications and false generalizations are the curse of organized life
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