Life Quotes
The big one. What it means, how to live it, and why it's worth the effort.
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"Life's greatest lessons come from our failures."Pierre Corneille
"To live authentically is to live with purpose."Pierre Corneille
"In the theater of life, we are all merely players."Jean Racine
"Affliction teaches what prosperity cannot."Jean Racine
"Life is a play; some are actors, others merely spectators."Molière
"A life well-lived is the best apology for one's imperfections."Molière
"Life without purpose is merely existence."Molière
"We are all exiles in the country of our own birth."Arthur Rimbaud
"Life is a dream from which we are slowly waking."Paul Verlaine
"Sensuality has never ruined the world, nor do I believe it ever will."Voltaire
"Pleasure's a sin, and sometimes sin's a pleasure."Voltaire
"In the theater of life, we are all both actors and audience."Jean Racine
"The soul's journey ends where it began."Jean Racine
"To live is to participate in the eternal struggle."Jean Racine
"To be possessed by passion is to be truly alive."Charles Baudelaire
"The lover of life makes the whole world into his household."Charles Baudelaire
"To be truly alive, one must embrace one's deepest melancholy."Charles Baudelaire
"Life is the art of being disappointed in elegant ways."Charles Baudelaire
"To be fully alive is to live consciously with one's own mortality."Stéphane Mallarmé
"The measure of a life is not its duration but its donation."Paul Verlaine
"In the garden of life, cultivate what brings you joy and peace."Paul Verlaine
"Life is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be lived."Molière
"To be truly alive is to embrace both joy and sorrow."Molière
"Childhood is the key to all that follows."Arthur Rimbaud
"In the end, you will not remember the time you spent working in an office or mowing your lawn."Arthur Rimbaud
"Every man has a shadow which follows him as his faithful companion."Gérard de Nerval
"All the world's a stage, and life's a fleeting show."Gérard de Nerval
"Life is what happens while you're making other plans."Gérard de Nerval
"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all."Gérard de Nerval
"Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood."Victor Leconte de Lisle