Life Quotes

The big one. What it means, how to live it, and why it's worth the effort.

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"We are shaped by our choices more than by our circumstances."
Pico della Mirandola
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"Life is a text written in a language most never bother to learn."
Giambattista della Porta
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"Life is richest not in avoiding difficulty but in overcoming it with grace and wisdom."
Giambattista della Porta
"The heart that never breaks will never truly grow."
Catherine de Medici
"A life without passion is merely the slow march toward irrelevance."
Catherine de Medici
"I have learned that legacy is what remains when memory fades."
Catherine de Medici
"The greatest tragedy is to be forgotten before one has truly lived."
Catherine de Medici
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"To live without passion is to merely exist, not truly live."
Isabella d'Este
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"To live fully is to engage completely with life's opportunities."
Isabella d'Este
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"Life is the opportunity to gradually transform the earthly into the divine."
Marsilio Ficino
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"Life is the canvas upon which we paint the masterpiece of our soul."
Marsilio Ficino
"Humans are what they make themselves to be through their actions and choices."
Giambattista Vico
"The seasons of human life mirror the seasons of nations and civilizations."
Giambattista Vico
"The greatest tragedy is an unlived life."
Catherine de Medici
"To live fully is to think deeply."
Émilie du Châtelet
"To be truly alive is to be truly thinking."
Émilie du Châtelet
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"The measure of life is not length, but depth."
Pico della Mirandola
"Life is a chess game; think several moves ahead."
Catherine de Medici
"Custom is the second nature of man."
Giambattista Vico
"Sorrow and joy are the two wings of the human spirit."
Giambattista Vico
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"One must cultivate both the intellect and the heart to live a truly meaningful life."
Isabella d'Este
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"The accumulation of experiences is more valuable than the accumulation of possessions."
Isabella d'Este
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"To live deliberately is to live with intention and awareness."
Poliziano Angelo
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"A life devoted to scholarship is a life of constant renewal and growth."
Poliziano Angelo
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"The soul's journey through life is a pilgrimage toward its divine source."
Marsilio Ficino
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"The purpose of life is the perfection and elevation of the soul."
Marsilio Ficino
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"To live fully is to align oneself with the forces of nature."
Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius
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"To live authentically is to live in accordance with one's true nature and highest potential."
Pico della Mirandola
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"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans."
Edward Wotton
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"The essence of life is growth."
Nicodemus Copernicus