Life Quotes

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

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"The soul grows through suffering and transcends through understanding."
Euripides
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"Trouble is the common lot of us all; it is only the degree that varies."
Sophocles
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"There is an ancient proverb, 'Call no man happy until he is dead.'"
Sophocles
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"We all have the same capacity for both greatness and ruin."
Sophocles
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"Life is like riding a bicycle - to keep your balance, you must keep moving forward."
Frankie Boyle
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"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans."
Frankie Boyle
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"The quality of your life is determined by the quality of the questions you ask yourself."
Frankie Boyle
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"A man's character is his fate."
Aristophanes
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"What makes a man is not his possessions, but his principles."
Aristophanes
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"Life's greatest treasure is not what we gain, but what we learn."
Aristophanes
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"Strife and love are the twin forces that govern the cosmos and the human heart."
Empedocles
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"In the interaction of love and strife, all phenomena find their explanation."
Empedocles
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"The man who lives only for himself is truly poor, though he may be rich in gold."
Democritus
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"Life is what happens while you're busy complaining about it."
Peter Kay
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"Life's about the journey, not the destination. Unless you're on the M25 on a Friday."
Peter Kay
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"We're all just trying to pay rent and not die alone - everything else is just decoration."
Frankie Boyle
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"To live authentically is to acknowledge both our roots and our infinite potential."
Empedocles
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"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans"
Lee Evans
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"Get busy living or get busy dying"
Lee Evans
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"Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it"
Lee Evans
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"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today"
Lee Evans
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"Life is a journey, not a destination"
Lee Evans
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"Fortune is a fickle friend to those who trust in it alone."
Sophocles
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"What the young call ambition, age calls folly."
Sophocles
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"The dance of life requires both movement and stillness."
Sophocles
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"To live fully is to embrace both joy and sorrow."
Sophocles
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"You can't do much about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth."
Russell Brand
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"A life lived for others is a life worth living."
Democritus
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"A person without honor is like a body without a soul."
Democritus
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"Sometimes you just need to embrace the chaos and see where it takes you."
Peter Kay