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Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?
All of life is a dispute over taste and tasting
We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used to loving
If we have our own why of life, we shall get along with almost any how
Life teaches us to be less harsh with ourselves than with others
He only earns his freedom and his life who takes them every day by storm
What is important in life is life, and not the result of life
Those who hope for no other life are dead even for this
Life is the childhood of our immortality
I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better that book or orator
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