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Futility |
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Quotations
Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. — Steve Jobs, 1955-2011, American businessman 9 likes | |
We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever. — Carl Sagan, 1934-1996, American astronomer 8 likes | |
It doesn't matter how big a ranch you own or how many cows you brand, the size of your funeral is still gonna depend on the weather. — Harry Truman, 1884-1972, American President [1945-1953] 7 likes | |
Life is futile unless it be directed towards a definite goal. — Stefan Zweig, 1881-1942, Austrian writer 5 likes | |
Since the only things we remember are humiliations and defeats, what is the use of all the rest? — Emile M. Cioran, 1911-1995, French-Romanian philosopher 4 likes | |
Nothingness haunts being. — Jean-Paul Sartre, 1905-1980, French philosopher 4 likes | |
Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it. — Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948, Indian leader of independence 3 likes | |
– Alice, Alice, what is the answer? – There is no answer. – Well, then, what is the question? — Gertrude Stein, 1874-1946, American writer (coming out of a coma to her partner Alice Toklas –the last words before her death) | |
I once saw a bee drowned in honey and then I understood. | |
Tears flow and smiles fade to the same rhythm of life, to disappear together in the bottomless abyss. | |
Old and young, we are all on our last cruise. | |
The frantic desire to Live, to live at any cost, is not a result of the life rhythm in us, but of the death rhythm. | |
Happiness is sand between the fingers in the wind. — Maurice Chapelan, 1906-1992, French author of maxims & journalist | |
Our life is a book to which we add daily, until suddenly we are finished, and then the manuscript is burned. |
Latin Quotes
Remember death. Memento mori. 151 likes | |
Nothing is certain to men. Nil homini certum est. — Ovid, 43 BC-17 AD, Roman poet 20 likes | |
The life of a human being is like a shadow. Umbra sicut hominis vita. — Medieval Sundial motto 18 likes | |
Even in Arcadia was I. Et in Arcadia ego. — Tomb inscription in the painting of Nicolas Poussin “Shepherds of Arcadia” (Arcadia, in Peloponnese, symbolizes Utopia) 13 likes |
Quotes in Verse
Our efforts are those of men prone to disaster; our efforts are like those of the Trojans. — Constantine Kavafy, 1868-1933, Greek poet ‐ Trojans 3 likes | |
Futile—the winds— To a heart in port— Done with the compass— Done with the chart! — Emily Dickinson, 1830-1886, American poet 2 likes |
Ancient Greek
Man is the dream of a shadow. Σκιάς όναρ άνθρωπος. — Pindar, 522-438 BC, Ancient Greek lyric poet 51 likes | |
The world is a stage, life is a passage. You came, you saw, you departed. Ο κόσμος σκηνή, ο βίος πάροδος. Ήλθες, είδες, απήλθες. — Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 37 likes | |
Soon, you will forget everything, and soon everybody will forget you. Εγγύς μεν η ση περί πάντων λήθη, εγγύς δε η πάντων περί σού λήθη. — Marcus Aurelius, 121-180 AD, Roman Emperor ‐ Meditations VII, 21 22 likes | |
You are a little soul, carrying a corpse. Ψυχάριον εί, βαστάζον νεκρόν. — Epictetus, 50-120 AD, Ancient Greek Stoic philosopher 19 likes | |
In death all men are earth and shadow. Naught come to naught. Κατθανών δε πας ανήρ γη και σκιά, το μηδέν εις ουδέν ρέπει. — Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Meleager 9 likes | |
A deer picks up a fight with the lion. Προς λέοντα δορκάς άπτεται μάχης. 8 likes | |
Earth breeds all and takes back all. Άπαντα τίκτει χθών πάλιν τε και λαμβάνειν. — Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Antioppe 7 likes | |
Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances. Μάθε ότι αι συμφοραί των ανθρώπων άρχουσι και ουχί άνθρωποι των συμφορέων. — Herodotus, 480-420 BC, Ancient Greek historian, the “ father of History” 7 likes |
Proverbs
All pass, all fade, all break. Tout passe, tout lasse, tout casse. 9 likes | |
Shrouds have no pockets. 3 likes |
Special Quotes
Life is but a shadow: the shadow of a bird on the wing. — Sundial motto 5 likes |