Life
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It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken
The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated
Life is simply what our feelings do to us
Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom
Human life must be some form of mistake
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
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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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