The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.

The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.

I don't believe in an afterlife, so I don't have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven read more

I don't believe in an afterlife, so I don't have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven even more. For whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse.

Real life seems to have no plots.

Real life seems to have no plots.

A lifetime is more than sufficiently long for people to get what there is of it wrong.

A lifetime is more than sufficiently long for people to get what there is of it wrong.

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.

We come and we cry, and that is life; we yawn and we depart, and
that is death!
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We come and we cry, and that is life; we yawn and we depart, and
that is death!
[Fr., On entre, on crie,
Et c'est la vie!
On baille, on sort,
Et c'est la mort!]

In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin.

In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin.

Life, which all creatures love and strive to keep
Wonderful, dear and pleasant unto each,
Even to read more

Life, which all creatures love and strive to keep
Wonderful, dear and pleasant unto each,
Even to the meanest; yea, a boon to all
Where pity is, for pity makes the world
Soft to the weak and noble for the strong.

Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.