“While we are postponing, life speeds by”
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“While we are postponing, life speeds by”
“I live in the world rather as a spectator of mankind than as one of the species”
“There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol”
“If you observe, people always live for ever when there is an annuity to be paid them.”
“Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale”
“It is better to fall among crows than flatterers; for those devour only the dead - these the living”
“He lives most life whoever breathes most air”
“Nothing in life is as good as the marriage of true minds between man and woman. As good? It is life itself”
“Life without idealism is empty indeed. We just hope or starve to death”
“How good is man's life, the mere living! How fit to employ all the heart and the soul and the senses forever in joy!”
“Had I but plenty of money, money enough and to spare, the house for me, no doubt, were a house in the city-square”
“As long as men are liable to die and are desirous to live, a physician will be made fun of, but he will be well paid”
“Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think ”
“Life has a higher end, than to be amused”
“When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.”
“Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die”
“The disadvantage of men not knowing the past is that they do not know the present. History is a hill or high point of vantage, from which alone men see the town in which they live or the age in which they are living”
“Journalism largely consists of saying "Lord Jones is Dead" to people who never knew that Lord Jones was alive”
“Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained”
“If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once a week.”