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 too short to spend it on regrets and what-ifs."
Martial
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"Life teaches those willing to learn."
Martial
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"The life well-lived requires both action and reflection."
Livy
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"Life is what happens when you are busy making other plans."
Suetonius
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"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players."
Suetonius
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"Think it more satisfactory to live richly than to die rich."
Horace
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"Life is a journey, not a destination."
Horace
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"The same things please us when we are old as when we are young."
Pliny the Younger
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"Some people are so afraid of dying that they forget to live."
Pliny the Younger
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"To be truly alive, one must embrace both joy and sorrow."
Pliny the Younger
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"The art of living is in each person's hand as a tool."
Pliny the Elder
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"What we plant in our minds, we harvest in our lives."
Pliny the Elder
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"The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate."
Cato the Younger
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"I am what I am. That is, what I believe myself to be."
Cato the Younger
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"Life is what we make of it."
Livy
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"Old age is the only disease that does not kill"
Cato the Elder
C
"The greatest good is virtue"
Cato the Elder
C
"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all"
Cato the Elder
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"The art of living well and the art of dying well are one."
Horace
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"The quality of your thoughts determines the quality of your life."
Horace
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"To live is to suffer; to survive is to find meaning in suffering."
Horace
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"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all."
Pliny the Younger
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"Life is a journey, not a destination to be rushed toward."
Diocletian
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"A man's character is his destiny."
Septimius Severus
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"The measure of a man is his deeds."
Septimius Severus
S
"Action speaks louder than words."
Septimius Severus
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"Legacy is the gift we leave."
Septimius Severus
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"To be human is to participate in the eternal struggle between hope and despair."
Pliny the Elder
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"A man's character is his fate in the eyes of history."
Cato the Younger
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"I choose to live as though my every action will be judged by posterity."
Cato the Younger