Life Quotes

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

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"To live without passion is to merely exist."
Marcus Brutus
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"The greatest tragedy is not death, but a life unfulfilled."
Marcus Brutus
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"Life is the ultimate teacher for those willing to learn from it."
Scipio Africanus
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"Life's greatest lesson is that nothing is permanent but change itself."
Scipio Africanus
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"Simplicity in life brings clarity to the mind."
Cincinnatus
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"A life of quiet service is worth more than loud ambition."
Cincinnatus
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"Legacy is not measured in monuments, but in the lives you have shaped."
Pompey
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"Those who live only for themselves die having lived for nothing."
Pompey
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"Life itself is the greatest campaign."
Hannibal
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"In the garden of life, adversity produces the strongest growth."
Hannibal
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"A man's reputation is his most precious possession."
Solon
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"Live as if you were to die tomorrow."
Solon
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"The measure of life is not its length but its depth."
Solon
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"Let your life be a counter-friction to stop the machine."
Lycurgus
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"An unexamined life is not worth living."
Lycurgus
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"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."
Lycurgus
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"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."
Lycurgus
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"To live is to risk everything."
Lycurgus
L
"Life is the most precious gift."
Lycurgus
L
"Make your life a masterpiece."
Lycurgus
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"The citizen who votes is the citizen who truly lives."
Cleisthenes
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"The greatest conquest is the mastery of one's own passions."
Scipio Africanus
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"A life well-lived requires constant recalibration of purpose and method."
Scipio Africanus
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"Life teaches those willing to learn."
Solon
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"In serving others, we often discover who we truly are."
Cincinnatus
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"Life is a game played for the highest stakes. I always played to win."
Tarquin the Proud
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"I am not ashamed of my appetites; they are the mark of a man who truly lives."
Alcibiades
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"The world rewards not virtue, but the appearance of virtue."
Alcibiades
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"To be remembered is to have truly lived"
Romulus
"Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, it is about learning to dance in the rain."
Miltiades