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If you will do some deed before you die,
Remember not this caravan of death,
But have read more
If you will do some deed before you die,
Remember not this caravan of death,
But have belief that every little breath
Will stay with you for an eternity.
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.
The art of living is more like that of wrestling than of dancing. The main thing is to stand firm read more
The art of living is more like that of wrestling than of dancing. The main thing is to stand firm and be ready for an unseen attack.
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.]
You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too read more
You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.
Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in read more
For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life.
I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I can do no other than read more
I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I can do no other than to have compassion for all that is called life. That is the beginning and the foundation of all ethics.
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: It goes on.
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: It goes on.
