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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 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.
'I wish life was not so short,' he thought. Languages take such a time, and so do all the things read more
'I wish life was not so short,' he thought. Languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about.
In the midst of hopes and cares, of apprehensions and of disquietude, regard every day that dawns upon you as read more
In the midst of hopes and cares, of apprehensions and of disquietude, regard every day that dawns upon you as if it was to be your last; then super-added hours, to the enjoyment of which you had not looked forward, will prove an acceptable boon. -Horace.
Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people read more
Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh. -George Bernard Shaw.
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.
An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.
An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.
The real malady is fear of life, not of death.
The real malady is fear of life, not of death.
With aching hands and bleeding feet
We dig and heap, lay stone on stone;
We bear the read more
With aching hands and bleeding feet
We dig and heap, lay stone on stone;
We bear the burden and the heat
Of the long day, and wish 'twere done.
Not till the hours of light return
All we have built as we discern.
