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The World's a bubble, and the Life of Man less than a span:
In his conception wretched, from the read more
The World's a bubble, and the Life of Man less than a span:
In his conception wretched, from the womb so to the tomb.
Curst from his cradle, and brought up to years with cares and
fears.
Who then to frail mortality shall trust,
But limns the water, or but writes in dust.
We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from it.
We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from it.
Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved.
Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved.
If anyone is crazy enough to want to kill a president of the United States, he can do it. All read more
If anyone is crazy enough to want to kill a president of the United States, he can do it. All he must be prepared to do is give his life for the president's.
Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is not something discovered: it is read more
Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is not something discovered: it is something molded.
It's not true that life is one damn thing after another; it is one damn thing over and over.
It's not true that life is one damn thing after another; it is one damn thing over and over.
Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn't stop for anybody.
Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn't stop for anybody.
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.
To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.