Life does not accomodate you, it shatters you. It is meant to, and it couldn't do it better. Every seed read more

Life does not accomodate you, it shatters you. It is meant to, and it couldn't do it better. Every seed desstroys its container or else there would be no fruition. -Florida Scott-Maxwell.

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.]

The World's a bubble, and the Life of Man less than a span:
In his conception wretched, from the read more

The World's a bubble, and the Life of Man less than a span:
In his conception wretched, from the womb so to the tomb.
Curst from his cradle, and brought up to years with cares and
fears.
Who then to frail mortality shall trust,
But limns the water, or but writes in dust.

I haven't heard of anybody who want's to stop living on account of the cost.

I haven't heard of anybody who want's to stop living on account of the cost.

Life isn't simple. But the beauty of it is, you can always start over. It'll get easier.

Life isn't simple. But the beauty of it is, you can always start over. It'll get easier.

Don't take life too seriously. You'll never get out alive.

Don't take life too seriously. You'll never get out alive.

Life is like a cash register, in that every account, every thought, every deed, like every sale, is registered and read more

Life is like a cash register, in that every account, every thought, every deed, like every sale, is registered and recorded.

O Life! thou art a galling load, Along a rough, a weary road, To wretches such as I.

O Life! thou art a galling load, Along a rough, a weary road, To wretches such as I.

Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work - read more

Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work - that goes on, it adds up.