Life
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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
Life is a pill which none of us can bear to swallow without gilding
Surely a long life must be somewhat tedious, since we are forced to call in so many trifling things to help rid us of our time, which will never return
Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent
Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment
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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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