Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken.

Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken.

Let us live then, and be glad
While young life's before us
After youthful pastime had,
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Let us live then, and be glad
While young life's before us
After youthful pastime had,
After old age had and sad,
Earth will slumber over us.
[Lat., Gaudeamus igitur,
Juvenes dum sumus
Post pucundam juventutem.
Post molestam senectutem.
Nos habetit humus.]

Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.

Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

There are two ways to slide easily through life: to believe everything or to doubt everything; both ways save us read more

There are two ways to slide easily through life: to believe everything or to doubt everything; both ways save us from thinking.

We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.

Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.

A tragey means always a man's struggle with that which is stronger than man.

A tragey means always a man's struggle with that which is stronger than man.

All I want is a little more than I'll ever get.

All I want is a little more than I'll ever get.