Life
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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
Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life
The game of life looks cheerful when one carries a treasure safe in his heart
The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives
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
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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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