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A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of read more
A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.
Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.
Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.
Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is read more
Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is pleasurable.
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 book of life begins with a man and a woman in a garden, and ends with Revelations.
The book of life begins with a man and a woman in a garden, and ends with Revelations.
It's not true that life is one damn thing after another; it is one damn thing over and over.
It's not true that life is one damn thing after another; it is one damn thing over and over.
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.
Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you're living?
Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you're living?
The first hundred years are the hardest.
The first hundred years are the hardest.
