Saw life steadily and saw it whole.

Saw life steadily and saw it whole.

Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the thousand read more

Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the thousand small uncaring ways.

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.

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.]

Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

The be-all and end-all of life should not be to get rich, but to enrich the world. -B. C. Forbes.

The be-all and end-all of life should not be to get rich, but to enrich the world. -B. C. Forbes.

When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made read more

When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure

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.

One must chose in life between boredom and suffering.

One must chose in life between boredom and suffering.