Life
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Every step of life shows much caution is required
A useless life is an early death
Man has but three events in his life: to be born, to live, and to die. He is not conscious of his birth, he suffers at his death and he forgets to live
If our life is unhappy it is painful to bear; if it is happy it is horrible to lose, so the one is pretty equal to the other
Most men employ the first part of life to make the other part miserable
Life, an age to the miserable, and a moment to the happy
Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable
Those who have compared our life to a dream were right... we were sleeping wake, and waking sleep
The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will
There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it
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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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