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Our own life is the instrument with which we experiment with the truth. -Thich Nhat Hanh.
Our own life is the instrument with which we experiment with the truth. -Thich Nhat Hanh.
 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? 
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world read more
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice. -Indian saying.
 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. 
Real life seems to have no plots.
Real life seems to have no plots.
Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
Life is an incurable disease.
Life is an incurable disease.
You've got to keep fighting -- you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive.
You've got to keep fighting -- you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive.
Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.
Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.