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George CarlinLife is a zero sum game.

—  George Carlin, 1936-2008, American comedian

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Mahatma GandhiLive as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

—  Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948, Indian leader of independence

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Isaac AsimovIn life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.

—  Isaac Asimov, 1920-1992, American Sci-Fi writer

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Albert EinsteinIf A is success in life, then A = x + y + z. Work is x, play is y and z is keeping your mouth shut.

—  Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German-Jewish physicist

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William JamesYou can alter your life by altering the state of your mind.

—  William James, 1842-1910, American philosopher

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SenecaBut life is very short and anxious for those who forget the past, neglect the present, and fear the future.

—  Seneca, 5 AD-65 AD, Roman philosopher

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VoltaireLife is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.

—  Voltaire, 1694-1778, French philosopher & writer

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Victor FranklTo live is to suffer; to survive is to find meaning in suffering.

—  Victor Frankl, 1905-1997, Austrian neurologist

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Marcel ProustDo not wait for life. Do not long for it. Be aware, always and at every moment, that the miracle is in the here and now.

—  Marcel Proust, 1871-1922, French writer

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Stanislaw Jerzy LecPeople find life entirely too time-consuming.

—  Stanislaw Jerzy Lec, 1906-1966, Polish author of maxims

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Zig ZiglarCreate a life you can’t wait to live.

—  Zig Ziglar, 1926-2012, American self-help writer

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Thomas La ManceLife is what happens to us while we are making other plans.

—  Thomas La Mance, American humorist

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Jean de La BruyèreLife is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think.

—  Jean de La Bruyère, 1645-1696, French writer

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SenecaBegin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.

—  Seneca, 5 AD-65 AD, Roman philosopher

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Søren KierkegaardLife can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

—  Søren Kierkegaard, 1813-1855, Danish philosopher

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Elbert HubbardDo not take life too seriously; you will never get out of it alive.

—  Elbert Hubbard, 1856-1915, American writer

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Albert EinsteinLife is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.

—  Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German-Jewish physicist

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Arthur SchopenhauerLife is a constant process of dying.

—  Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher

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George OrwellAutobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful. A man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying, since any life when viewed from the inside is simply a series of defeats.

—  George Orwell, 1903-1950, British writer

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Jean CocteauLife is a horizontal fall.

—  Jean Cocteau, 1889-1963, French artist

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Sylvia PlathWhy can’t I try on different lives, like dresses, to see which one fits me and is most becoming?

—  Sylvia Plath, 1932-1963, American poet & writer

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Benjamin FranklinLife biggest tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.

—  Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, American politician & writer

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Arthur SchopenhauerThe shortness of life, so often lamented, may be the best thing about it.

—  Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher

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Arthur SchopenhauerThere is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome.

—  Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher

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H.L. MenckenYou can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.

—  H.L. Mencken, 1880-1956, American columnist & cultural critic

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Oscar WildeLife imitates art far more than art imitates Life.

—  Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900, Irish writer

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Albert CamusThere is not love of life without despair about life.

—  Albert Camus, 1913-1960, French writer, Nobel 1957

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VoltaireWe never live; we are always in the expectation of living.

—  Voltaire, 1694-1778, French philosopher & writer

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William JamesThe great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

—  William James, 1842-1910, American philosopher

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Noel CowardI’ll go through life either first class or third, but never in second.

—  Noel Coward, 1899-1973, British playwright

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Napoleon HillIt takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.

—  Napoleon Hill, 1883-1970, American self-help writer

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Eleanor RooseveltLife is what you make it. Always has been, always will be.

—  Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, Wife of the 32nd USA president

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Friedrich NietzscheLove for life is still possible, only one loves differently: it is like love for a woman whom one does not trust.

—  Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844-1900, German philosopher

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Ralph Waldo EmersonIt is not the length of life, but the depth.

—  Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher

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Karl JungLife really does begin at forty. Up until then, you are just doing research.

—  Karl Jung, 1875-1961, Swiss psychiatrist

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Elbert HubbardLife is just one damn thing after another.

—  Elbert Hubbard, 1856-1915, American writer

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Elbert HubbardLife is a compromise between fate and free will.

—  Elbert Hubbard, 1856-1915, American writer

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Karl JungThe secret is that only that which can destroy itself is truly alive.

—  Karl Jung, 1875-1961, Swiss psychiatrist

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Lenny BruceLife is a four letter word.

—  Lenny Bruce, 1925-1966, American comedian

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Vladimir NabokovLet all of life be an unfettered howl.

—  Vladimir Nabokov, 1899-1977, Russian-American writer

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William ShakespeareWe are such stuff
As dreams are made on, and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep.

—  William Shakespeare, 1564-1616, English poet & playwright ‐ The Tempest

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Lord ByronThe great object of life is sensation- to feel that we exist, even though in pain.

—  Lord Byron, 1788-1824, British poet

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Arthur SchopenhauerEach day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death.

—  Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher

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Cyril ConnollyLife is a maze in which we take the wrong turning before we have learnt to walk.

—  Cyril Connolly, 1903-1974, British writer

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Wolfgang GoetheA useless life is an early death.

—  Wolfgang Goethe, 1749-1832, German poet & philosopher

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Jean-Paul SartreThe more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.

—  Jean-Paul Sartre, 1905-1980, French philosopher

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Albert CamusLife should be lived to the point of tears.

—  Albert Camus, 1913-1960, French writer, Nobel 1957

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Carl SandburgLife is like an onion; you peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.

—  Carl Sandburg, 1878-1967, American poet

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Jules RenardAs I grow to understand life less and less, I learn to love it more and more.

—  Jules Renard, 1864-1910, French writer

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Sigmund FreudThree of life's most important areas: work, love, and taking responsibility.

—  Sigmund Freud, 1856-1939, Austrian psychologist, founder of psychoanalysis

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Elbert HubbardLife in abundance comes only through great love.

—  Elbert Hubbard, 1856-1915, American writer

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Eugene O’NeillLife is perhaps best regarded as a bad dream between two awakenings.

—  Eugene O’Neill, 1888-1953, American playwright, Nobel 1936

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RumiSet your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames.

—  Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet

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Antoine RivarolMan spends his life in reasoning on the past, in complaining of the present, in fearing future.

—  Antoine Rivarol, 1753-1801, French author of maxims

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Gabriel Garcia MarquezAll human beings have three lives: public, private, and secret.

—  Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1927-2014, Colombian writer

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Wilson MiznerLife's a tough proposition, and the first hundred years are the hardest.

—  Wilson Mizner, 1876-1913, American playwright

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Pierre de CoubertinThe important thing in Life is not triumph, but the struggle; the essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.

—  Pierre de Coubertin, 1863-1937, French, father of the Olympic Games

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Bette DavisThe key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he's dead.

—  Bette Davis, 1908-1989, American actress

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HoraceLife grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.

—  Horace, 65-8 BC, Roman poet

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NapoleonAnd yet, what a novel my life has been!

Quel roman pourtant que ma vie!

—  Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor

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Mahatma GandhiMy life is my message.

—  Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948, Indian leader of independence

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Arthur SchopenhauerLife is a business that does not cover the costs.

—  Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher

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Oscar WildeLife is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.

—  Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900, Irish writer

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Georges ClemenceauA man's life is interesting primarily when he has failed — I well know. For it's a sign that he tried to surpass himself.

—  Georges Clemenceau, 1841-1929, French Prime Minister

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Ralph Waldo EmersonThe years in your life are less important than the life in your years.

—  Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher

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Samuel JohnsonLife is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

—  Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784, English writer

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Samuel JohnsonHuman life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured and little to be enjoyed.

—  Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784, English writer

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Albert CamusIt takes time to live. Like any work of art, life needs to be thought about.

—  Albert Camus, 1913-1960, French writer, Nobel 1957

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Francis BaconBut men must know that in this theater of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on.

—  Francis Bacon, 1561-1626, English philosopher

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Charles BaudelaireThis life is a hospital where each patient is possessed by the desire to change his bed.

—  Charles Baudelaire, 1821-1867, French poet

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Henry David ThoreauThe great art of life is how to turn the surplus life of the soul into life for the body.

—  Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1862, American writer

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Karl JungThe difference between a good life and a bad life is how well you walk through the fire.

—  Karl Jung, 1875-1961, Swiss psychiatrist

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George BurnsThere's an old saying, 'Life begins at forty.' That's silly. Life begins every morning you wake up.

—  George Burns, 1896-1996, American comedian

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Elbert HubbardThe best way to prepare for life is to begin to live.

—  Elbert Hubbard, 1856-1915, American writer

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Elbert HubbardTrue life lies in laughter, love and work.

—  Elbert Hubbard, 1856-1915, American writer

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Karl KrausYou don't even live once.

—  Karl Kraus, 1874-1936, Austrian writer

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William JamesThere are two lives, the natural and the spiritual, and we must lose the one before we can participate in the other.

—  William James, 1842-1910, American philosopher

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Robert FrostIn three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life — It goes on.

—  Robert Frost, 1874-1963, American poet

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RumiLife is balance of holding on and letting go.

—  Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet

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Antoin de Saint-ExupéryOne cannot build life from refrigerators, politics, credit statements and crossword puzzles. That is impossible. Nor can one exist for any length of time without poetry, without color, without love.

—  Antoin de Saint-Exupéry, 1900-1940, French writer

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Emily DickinsonThat it will never come again is what makes life sweet.

—  Emily Dickinson, 1830-1886, American poet

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François-René de ChateaubriandMan does not have one and the same life; he has several lifes placed end to end, and that is his misery.

—  François-René de Chateaubriand, 1768-1848, French poet & politician

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George Bernard ShawLife is not meant to be easy, my child; but take courage: it can be delightful.

—  George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925

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Eugene O’NeillLife is a solitary cell whose walls are mirrors.

—  Eugene O’Neill, 1888-1953, American playwright, Nobel 1936

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Eugene IonescoLife is surprising, a lot of unexpected things can happen to you. Small, not big ones.

—  Eugene Ionesco, 1912-1994, French-Romanian playwright

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Kurt VonnegutLike so many Americans, she was trying to construct a life that made sense from things she found in gift shops.

—  Kurt Vonnegut, 1922-2007, American writer

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Fernando PessoaMy life is as if you've hit me with it.

—  Fernando Pessoa, 1888-1935, Portuguese poet & writer

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Karl KrausLife is an effort that deserves a better cause.

—  Karl Kraus, 1874-1936, Austrian writer

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Agatha ChristieOne doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late.

—  Agatha Christie, 1890-1976, British writer

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Eleanor RooseveltLife is like a parachute jump, you've got to get it right the first time.

—  Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, Wife of the 32nd USA president

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Charles DickensPip, dear old chap, life is made of ever so many partings welded together…

—  Charles Dickens, 1812-1870, British writer

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John SteinbeckTo be alive at all is to have scars.

—  John Steinbeck, 1902-1968, American writer, Nobel 1962

Luigi PirandelloLife is little more than a loan shark: It exacts a very high rate of interest for the few pleasures it concedes.

—  Luigi Pirandello, 1867-1936, Italian writer (Nobel 1934)

Charles DickensWhether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.

—  Charles Dickens, 1812-1870, British writer

Leonardo da VinciOur life is made by the death of others.

—  Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519, Italian polymath & painter

Simone De BeauvoirI am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity. I want this adventure that is the context of my life to go on without end.

—  Simone De Beauvoir, 1908-1986, French writer

Nikos KazantzakisWe come from a dark abyss; we end up in a dark abyss; the bright space in between is called Life.

—  Nikos Kazantzakis, 1883-1957, Greek writer

Nikos KazantzakisOur life is just a flash. Still, we have time.

—  Nikos Kazantzakis, 1883-1957, Greek writer

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.

—  Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., 1841-1935, 

Aldοus HuxleyThe goal in life is to discover that you’ve always been where you were supposed to be.

—  Aldοus Huxley, 1894-1963, English writer

Bertolt BrechtDon’t be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.

—  Bertolt Brecht, 1898-1956, German writer

Jean de La BruyèreThere are but three events in a man's life: birth, life and death. He is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live.

—  Jean de La Bruyère, 1645-1696, French writer

William MaxwellThe reason life is so strange is that so often people have no choice.

—  William Maxwell, 1908-2000, American writer

André MalrauxOne can fool life for a long time, but in the end it always makes us what we were intended to be.

—  André Malraux, 1901-1976, French writer & statesman

William Hazlitt Life is a continued struggle to be what we are not, and to do what we cannot.

—  William Hazlitt , 1778-1830, English essayist & critic

Terry PratchettIt is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it’s called Life.

—  Terry Pratchett, 1948-2015, British writer

Theodore AdornoWrong life cannot be lived rightly.

—  Theodore Adorno, 1903-1969, German philosopher

Martin HeideggerWhat was Aristotle’s life?’ Well, the answer lay in a single sentence: ‘He was born, he thought, he died.’ And all the rest is pure anecdote.

—  Martin Heidegger, 1889-1976, German philosopher

Joseph CampbellSurvival is the second law of life. The first is that we are all one.

—  Joseph Campbell, 1904-1987, American academic

Joseph CampbellLife is like arriving late for a movie, having to figure out what was going on without bothering everybody with a lot of questions, and then being unexpectedly called away before you find out how it ends.

—  Joseph Campbell, 1904-1987, American academic

Robert Louis StevensonThere is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last.

—  Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850-1894, Scottish writer

Robert Louis StevensonLife is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.

—  Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850-1894, Scottish writer

Sri AurobindoThe first and the most important thing is to know that life is one and immortal. Only the forms, countless in number, are transient and brittle. The life everlasting is independent of any form but manifests itself in all forms. Life then does not die... but the forms are dissolved.

—  Sri Aurobindo, 1872-1950, Indian nationalist, yogi & philosopher

Sri AurobindoLife is life –whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage.

—  Sri Aurobindo, 1872-1950, Indian nationalist, yogi & philosopher

Henry de MontherlantThe greatest service that we can render to a being: to teach him very early to know how to use life.

—  Henry de Montherlant, 1895-1972, French writer

Henry de MontherlantThere is only one immortality that would be worth wishing for: it is that of life.

—  Henry de Montherlant, 1895-1972, French writer

Erica JongLife has no plot. It is by far more interesting than anything you can say about it.

—  Erica Jong, 1942-, American writer

D. H. LawrenceBut better die than live mechanically a life that is a repetition of repetitions.

—  D. H. Lawrence, 1885-1930, British writer

Hermann HesseAll life was a breath exhaled by God. All dying was a breath inhaled by God.

—  Hermann Hesse, 1877-1962, German writer, Nobel 1946

Jorge Luis BorgesAny life, however long and complicated it may be, actually consists of a single moment: the moment when a man knows forever more who he is.

—  Jorge Luis Borges, 1899-1986, Argentine writer

Henry MillerLife, as it is called, is for most of us one long postponement.

—  Henry Miller, 1891-1980, American writer

Henry MillerSurely every one realizes, at some point along the way, that he is capable of living a far better life than the one he has chosen.

—  Henry Miller, 1891-1980, American writer

Philip RothLife is just a short period of time in which you are alive.

—  Philip Roth, 1933-2018, American writer

Philip RothHow easy life is when it’s easy, and how hard when it’s hard.

—  Philip Roth, 1933-2018, American writer

James BarrieOur life is a book to which we add daily, until suddenly we are finished, and then the manuscript is burned.

—  James Barrie, 1860-1937, English writer

James BarrieLife is a long lesson in humility.

—  James Barrie, 1860-1937, English writer

Jerry SeinfeldTo me, if life boils down to one thing, it’s movement. To live is to keep moving.

—  Jerry Seinfeld, 1954-, American comedian

Ashleigh BrilliantLife is too important to be taken as a joke, but too ridiculous to be taken seriously.

—  Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist

Ashleigh BrilliantLife can be very deep, but I'm trying to stay at the shallow end.

—  Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist

Ashleigh BrilliantMy life so far has been a long series of things I wasn't ready for.

—  Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist

Søren KierkegaardLife has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living.

—  Søren Kierkegaard, 1813-1855, Danish philosopher

George HerbertLife is half spent before we know what it is.

—  George Herbert, 1593-1633, Welsh poet

Gabriele D’ AnnunzioWe must do our lives as we do a work of art. The life of a spiritual man is his work. True superiority is all there.

—  Gabriele D’ Annunzio, 1863-1938, Italian poet

Nicolas ChamfortMan reaches each stage of his life as a novice.

—  Nicolas Chamfort, 1740-1794, French writer

Joseph ConradIt’s extraordinary how we go through life with eyes half shut, with dull ears, with dormant thoughts. Perhaps it’s just as well; and it may be that it is this very dullness that makes life to the incalculable majority so supportable and so welcome.

—  Joseph Conrad, 1857-1924, British-Polish writer

Joseph ConradWe live as we dream - alone. While the dream disappears, the life continues painfully.

—  Joseph Conrad, 1857-1924, British-Polish writer

Charles BukowskiYou have to die a few times before you can really live.

—  Charles Bukowski, 1920-1994, American writer

Baltasar GracianLife is a warfare against the malice of others.

—  Baltasar Gracian, 1601-1658, Spanish writer

Helen KellerAvoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.

—  Helen Keller, 1880-1968, American writer

Helen KellerLife is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.

—  Helen Keller, 1880-1968, American writer

Latin Quotes

HippocratesArt is long, life is short.

Ars longa, vita brevis.

—  Hippocrates, 460-370 BC, Ancient Greek physician, the “Father of Medicine”

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MartialLife is not about living, but to live a good life.

Vita non est vivere, sed valera vita est.

—  Martial, 43-104 AD, Roman poet of epigrams

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LucretiusLife is one long struggle in the dark.

Omnis cum in tenebris praesertim vita laboret.

—  Lucretius, 98-55 BC, Roman poet

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Life is in motion.

Vita in motu.

—  Sundial motto

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Life flows away as it seems to stay the same.

Sic vita fluit, dum stare videtur.

—  Medieval Sundial motto

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Quotes in Verse

Akis PanouMy whole life is a cigarette
that I don’t like and, still, I smoke it.

—  Akis Panou, 1933-2000, Greek folk song writer

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Bob MarleyLove the life you live.
live the life you love.

—  Bob Marley, 1945-1981, Jamaican singer

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Emily DickinsonTo be alive – is Power.

—  Emily Dickinson, 1830-1886, American poet

Funny Quotes

Ricky GervaisMondays are fine. It’s your life that sucks.

—  Ricky Gervais, 1961-, British comedian & screenwriter

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Jean-Paul SartreEverything has been figured out, except how to live.

—  Jean-Paul Sartre, 1905-1980, French philosopher

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Steven WrightI intend to live forever. So far, so good.

—  Steven Wright, 1955-, American comedian

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Ashleigh BrilliantStrange as it may seem, my life is based on a true story.

—  Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist

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Non-English Quotes

Michel de MontaigneMon métier et mon art, c'est vivre.

My trade and my art is living.

—  Michel de Montaigne, 1533-1592, French thinker

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Ancient Greek

SocratesLike in a statue, all parts of a life must be beautiful.

Του βίου καθάπερ αγάλματος πάντα τα μέρη καλά είναι δει.

—  Socrates, 469-399 BC, Ancient Geek Philosopher

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SocratesLife without enquiry is not worth living for a man.

O δε ανεξέταστος βίος ου βιωτός ανθρώπω.

—  Socrates, 469-399 BC, Ancient Geek Philosopher

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MenanderWe live, not as we wish to, but as we can.

Ζώμεν γαρ ού ως θέλομεν, αλλ’ ως δυνάμεθα.

—  Menander, 4th cent. BC, Ancient Greek dramatist (New Comedy)

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HippocratesLife is short and Art long; the opportunity fleeting, experience deceitful, and judgment difficult.

Ο βίος βραχύς, η δε τέχνη μακρή, ο δε καιρός οξύς, η δε πείρα σφαλερή, η δε κρίσις χαλεπή.

—  Hippocrates, 460-370 BC, Ancient Greek physician, the “Father of Medicine”

     (the first phrase in the “Aphorisms”)

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EuripidesLife is short.

Βραχύς αιών.

—  Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Bacchae

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MenanderHow sweet is life when fortune is not envious.

Ως ηδύ το ζην μη φθονούσης της τύχης.

—  Menander, 4th cent. BC, Ancient Greek dramatist (New Comedy)

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MenanderNobody lives the life he chooses to live.

Βιοί γαρ ουδείς ον προαιρείται βίον.

—  Menander, 4th cent. BC, Ancient Greek dramatist (New Comedy)

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PlutarchThe measure of life is its beauty not its length.

Μέτρον βίου το καλόν ου το του χρόνου μήκος.

—  Plutarch, 47-120 AD, Ancient Greek historian

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Marcus AureliusThe art of life is more like the wrestler's art than the dancer's, in respect of this, that it should stand ready and firm to meet onsets which are sudden and unexpected.

Η βιωτική τῃ παλαιστικᾑ ομοιοτέρα ήπερ τῃ ορχηστικᾑ κατά το προς τα εμπίπτοντα και ού προεγνωσμένα έτοιμος και απτώς εστάναι.

—  Marcus Aurelius, 121-180 AD, Roman Emperor ‐ Meditations VII, 61

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AristotleThe human life is governed by nature and laws.

Άπας ό βίος των ανθρώπων φύσει και νόμοις διοικείται.

—  Aristotle, 384-322 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

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Proverbs

French proverbLife is like an onion, which one peels crying.

—  French proverb

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Special Quotes

Have you met life today?

—  Slogan of MetLife

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Movie Quotes

Dead Poets Society (1989)Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary.

—  from the film Dead Poets Society (1989)

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It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)You see, George. You really had a wonderful life. Don't you see what a mistake it would be to throw it away?

—  from the film It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)

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Frankenstein (1931)Look! It's moving. It's alive. It's alive... It's alive, it's moving!

—  from the film Frankenstein (1931)

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Pierrot le Fou (1965)That's what makes me sad: life is so different from books. I wish it were the same: clear, logical, organized.

—  from the film Pierrot le Fou (1965)

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Fight Club (1999)This is your life and it's ending one minute at a time.

—  from the film Fight Club (1999)

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Forrest Gump (1994)My Mama always said, “Life was like a box of chocolates; you never know what you're gonna get”.

—  from the film Forrest Gump (1994)

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