Life Quotes
The big one. What it means, how to live it, and why it's worth the effort.
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"Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by day, when we fail to sing, to laugh, to dance, to play."Horace
"Life is short, make it sweet with laughter and good company."Martial
"To live fully is to embrace both joy and sorrow."Martial
"Life's richness lies in its uncertainties, not its certainties."Martial
"Life is what we make of it. Always has been, always will be."Livy
"The only impossible journey is the one you never begin."Livy
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."Livy
"It is not death that a man should fear, but never beginning to live."Livy
"Get busy living or get busy dying."Livy
"The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate."Pliny the Younger
"Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you react to it."Pliny the Younger
"In the details of daily life, we find the true substance of existence."Ammianus Marcellinus
"To face one's mortality is to begin to truly live."Ammianus Marcellinus
"The pursuit of pleasure is not the purpose of existence."Suetonius
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."Martial
"Life's greatest lessons come from life's greatest struggles."Martial
"Life is long if you know how to use it."Pliny the Elder
"Nowhere is it written that life should be easy."Pliny the Elder
"The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest."Horace
"Our life is what our thoughts make it."Horace
"Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late."Horace
"Relinquish your attempts at immortality and achieve a better thing—to live well."Horace
"Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass; it is about learning to dance in the rain."Pliny the Younger
"Life is too short for petty grievances; choose love instead."Pliny the Younger
"The greatest tragedy is not death, but a life unlived."Suetonius
"The pursuit of pleasure often leads to the discovery of pain."Ammianus Marcellinus
"In the end, we are measured by how well we have lived with ourselves."Ammianus Marcellinus
"The human condition is defined not by our circumstances, but by our response to them."Ammianus Marcellinus
"In the records of an upright life, small things are as important as great."Tacitus
"The pursuit of pleasure often leads to the loss of all pleasure."Tacitus