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.

Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it.

Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it.

And by a prudent flight and cunning save
A life which valour could not, from the grave.
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And by a prudent flight and cunning save
A life which valour could not, from the grave.
A better buckler I can soon regain,
But who can get another life again?

Life is a stranger's sojourn, a night at an inn.

Life is a stranger's sojourn, a night at an inn.

Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is read more

Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is pleasurable.

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

Do not take life too seriously; you will never get out of it alive.

Do not take life too seriously; you will never get out of it alive.

I hope life isn't a big joke, because I don't get it.

I hope life isn't a big joke, because I don't get it.

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's
troublesome.

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's
troublesome.