Life Quotes

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

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"The path of virtue is never easy but always rewarding."
Girolamo Savonarola
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"A life spent in service is a life well-lived."
Girolamo Savonarola
"Custom is a second nature."
Giambattista Vico
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"To live without curiosity is to live as a statue rather than a human being."
Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius
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"The quality of a life is measured not by years lived, but by the depth of understanding gained."
Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius
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"I desire the things that will be useful to me in my life."
Cosimo de Medici
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"Every man desires to live long, but no man would be old."
Cosimo de Medici
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"Life has been your art. Now make it your masterpiece."
Cosimo de Medici
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"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans."
Cosimo de Medici
"Life itself is the greatest teacher of anatomy."
Andreas Vesalius
"To understand life, we must understand death."
Andreas Vesalius
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"From the body flows the blood; from blood flows the spirit."
Paracelsus
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"In the human body there are several springs which make the whole machine work."
Paracelsus
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"The human body is a machine which winds its own springs."
Paracelsus
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"The spirit is the master, imagination the master-workman, the body the machine."
Paracelsus
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"The body is the house of the soul."
Paracelsus
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"In the quiet moments of reflection, we discover who we truly are."
Edward Wotton
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"The art of living is knowing when to hold on and when to let go."
Cosimo de Medici
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"The flesh may hunger, but the spirit demands its own nourishment."
Girolamo Savonarola
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"The gift of life is wasted on those who live for death."
Girolamo Savonarola
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"The legacy we leave is the sum of our choices."
Girolamo Savonarola
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"Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced."
Nicodemus Copernicus
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"Life itself is the greatest teacher for those who observe it."
Bernardino Telesio
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"Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you react to it."
Cosimo de Medici
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"The purpose of life is a life of purpose."
Cosimo de Medici
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"He who has not suffered has not lived."
Paracelsus
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"He who knows not where he is going will surely end up in a place he did not mean to be."
Paracelsus
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"Man is not a finished work, but a continuous becoming."
Paracelsus
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"The purpose of life is not happiness, but growth."
Paracelsus
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"Life finds its meaning not in comfort but in the struggle toward something greater."
Girolamo Savonarola