Life Quotes
The big one. What it means, how to live it, and why it's worth the effort.
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"The passions that move us have roots in our very existence."Jean d'Alembert
"We are shaped by the sensations we experience and the reflections we make upon them."Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
"To live is to experience; to think is to make sense of experience."Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
"A life without reflection is a life half-lived."Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
"To live consciously is to live deliberately, thoughtfully, and with purpose."Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
"Every moment of learning is an investment in life."Poliziano Angelo
"The measure of one's life is not in years but in the depth of understanding achieved."Émilie du Châtelet
"A life without love is barren; a life without understanding is empty."Émilie du Châtelet
"The measure of your life will be the measure of your curiosity."Émilie du Châtelet
"Life is a stage, and we are merely players upon it."Giambattista della Porta
"The good is oft interred with their bones; so let it be with Catherine."Catherine de Medici
"The true measure of a life is not its length but its depth."Catherine de Medici
"Life is a performance; play your role well, and the world becomes your stage."Catherine de Medici
"Every flower has thorns; every throne has shadows."Catherine de Medici
"I have learned that the most valuable collections are those of experiences and relationships."Isabella d'Este
"A life well-lived is measured not in years, but in the depth of one's engagements."Isabella d'Este
"To truly live is to live in constant awareness of the divine presence."Marsilio Ficino
"The purpose of life is the continuous ascent of the soul toward perfection."Marsilio Ficino
"Men first feel necessity, then look for utility, next attend to comfort, still later amuse themselves with pleasure, thence grow dissolute in luxury, and finally go mad and waste their substance"Giambattista Vico
"The classics teach us how to live, not just how to read."Poliziano Angelo
"The study of letters is the study of life itself."Poliziano Angelo
"The past is not dead; it lives in every word we read."Poliziano Angelo
"I am not ashamed of my passions, for they have made me who I am."Émilie du Châtelet
"To live fully is to embrace both reason and emotion."Émilie du Châtelet
"Life is too short to waste on the opinions of small minds."Émilie du Châtelet
"To be a woman who thinks is to be perpetually misunderstood."Émilie du Châtelet
"Life's meaning is not found; it is created."Émilie du Châtelet
"Man is a great miracle, a being worthy of reverence and awe."Pico della Mirandola
"The soul that rises with us, our life's star, hath had elsewhere its setting."Pico della Mirandola
"Every moment is an opportunity for rebirth and reinvention."Pico della Mirandola