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The difference between life and the movies is that a script has to make sense, and life doesn't.
The difference between life and the movies is that a script has to make sense, and life doesn't.
There is nothing better fitted to delight the reader than change
of circumstances and varieties of fortune.
[Lat., read more
There is nothing better fitted to delight the reader than change
of circumstances and varieties of fortune.
[Lat., Nihil est aptius delectationem lectoris quam temporum
varietates fortunaeque vicissitudines.]
A peacefulness follows any decision, even the wrong one.
A peacefulness follows any decision, even the wrong one.
Try as much as possible to be wholly alive, with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell read more
Try as much as possible to be wholly alive, with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell and when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough.
A lifetime is more than sufficiently long for people to get what there is of it wrong.
A lifetime is more than sufficiently long for people to get what there is of it wrong.
Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved.
Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved.
Simplicity, clarity, singleness: these are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy.
Simplicity, clarity, singleness: these are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy.
If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.
If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.