Life
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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
Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not
Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about
Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live
Life is a perpetual instruction in cause and effect
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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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