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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
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
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