The longer I live, the more keenly I feel that whatever was good enough for our fathers is not good read more

The longer I live, the more keenly I feel that whatever was good enough for our fathers is not good enough for us.

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's
troublesome.

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's
troublesome.

One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years read more

One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum.

And by a prudent flight and cunning save
A life which valour could not, from the grave.
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And by a prudent flight and cunning save
A life which valour could not, from the grave.
A better buckler I can soon regain,
But who can get another life again?

Always try to keep a patch of sky above your life.

Always try to keep a patch of sky above your life.

To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.

To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.

And how am I to face the odds Of man's bedevilment and God's? I, a stranger and afraid In a read more

And how am I to face the odds Of man's bedevilment and God's? I, a stranger and afraid In a world I never made.

It's a good thing that life is not as serious as it seems to a waiter.

It's a good thing that life is not as serious as it seems to a waiter.

A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.

A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.