The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.

The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.

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.

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.]

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

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

O what is life, if we must hold it thus as wind-blown sparks hold momentary fire?

O what is life, if we must hold it thus as wind-blown sparks hold momentary fire?

Real life seems to have no plots.

Real life seems to have no plots.

Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what read more

Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.

Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

Be intent upon the perfection of the present day.

Be intent upon the perfection of the present day.