Life Quotes

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

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"In adversity, the true nature of men is revealed."
Thucydides
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"The greatest tragedy is the waste of human potential."
Thucydides
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"Life itself is the greatest teacher of medical truth."
Galen
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"Life is the greatest gift"
Herodotus
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"Everywhere the same; birth, growth, and decay."
Hippocrates
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"Life is short, the craft is long, opportunity is fleeting, experience deceptive, and judgment difficult."
Hippocrates
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"Such is life, dear friend."
Hippocrates
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"One day is a match for another."
Pindar
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"Become such as you are."
Pindar
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"Man's life is a day. What is he? What is he not? A shadow in a dream."
Pindar
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"Life flows like a river toward the sea."
Pindar
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"To measure precisely is to live precisely; to live precisely is to live with intention."
Hipparchus
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"Human nature will find the outlet that it must, either to good or to ill."
Thucydides
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"The mind that is wise mourns the loss of life; the heart that is noble celebrates its having been lived."
Thucydides
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"All pleasure comes before its pain."
Thucydides
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"To be remembered is to have truly lived."
Thucydides
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"A life without love is a life without meaning."
Sappho
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"To love wholly is to live fully."
Sappho
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"The human body is the only thing that stays with us from birth to death."
Herodotus
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"The river of life flows ever forward, carrying all things to their appointed end."
Herodotus
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"Life is short, the art is long, the moment fleeting, experience deceptive, and decisions difficult."
Hippocrates
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"The brief spark of human life shines brightest when kindled by purpose."
Pindar
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"The pursuit of pleasure without purpose leads to the erosion of the soul."
Xenophon
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"A man's character is his destiny."
Xenophon
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"A well-ordered life is the foundation of a well-ordered state."
Xenophon
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"In the dance of life, timing is more important than technique."
Xenophon
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"The music of a well-lived life is harmony between desire and duty."
Xenophon
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"To be remembered is to have truly lived."
Xenophon
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"Life itself is a manifestation of atomic motion."
Leucippus
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"Life arises from the mechanical motion of atoms."
Leucippus