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Everything . . . [is] Forty-two.
The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're read more
The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.
Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife! Throughout the sensual world proclaim, One crowded hour of glorious life Is worth read more
Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife! Throughout the sensual world proclaim, One crowded hour of glorious life Is worth an age without a name.
Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.
Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.
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.
We must act out passion before we can feel it.
We must act out passion before we can feel it.
Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if read more
Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.
The world is made up of people who never quite get into the first team and who just miss the read more
The world is made up of people who never quite get into the first team and who just miss the prizes at the flower show.
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.