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 a journey, not a destination."
Victor Leconte de Lisle
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"Every moment is an opportunity to grow."
Victor Leconte de Lisle
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"The world is growing serious; let us preserve the amenities of life"
Théophile Gautier
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"Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think."
Guy de Maupassant
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"A man's life is interest."
Guy de Maupassant
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"A sad heart is better than an empty heart."
Guy de Maupassant
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"The human heart has hidden treasures, in secret kept, in silence sealed."
Guy de Maupassant
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"We are not here merely to make a living; we are here to enrich the world."
Guy de Maupassant
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"Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot."
Alexandre Dumas, fils
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"Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit."
Alexandre Dumas, fils
"One should always be drunk. That's all that matters. But with what? With wine, with poetry or with virtue, choose your poison. The great thing is not to fall out of that ecstasy."
Charles Baudelaire
"Life is a hospital in which every patient is possessed by the desire to change his bed."
Charles Baudelaire
"Everything passes away; everything perishes; everything grows weary."
Charles Baudelaire
"The paradox of life is that we must live fully while remembering we die."
Charles Baudelaire
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"Life is a question asked by someone we will never meet."
Paul Verlaine
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"Every person carries within them an entire universe of secrets."
Paul Verlaine
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"In the garden of the soul, weeds and flowers grow equally wild."
Paul Verlaine
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"The gift of life is not happiness, but the capacity to feel deeply."
Paul Verlaine
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"The human soul is infinite in its capacity for suffering and joy."
Gérard de Nerval
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"We are all traveling toward the same unknown shore."
Gérard de Nerval
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"We are all actors on a stage we do not understand."
Gérard de Nerval
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"I saw that the seasons of my life would be seasons of fire."
Arthur Rimbaud
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"Life teaches harshest lessons to those most attentive to truth."
Arthur Rimbaud
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"The greatest thing one can do with one's life is to live it."
Paul Verlaine
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"Life is both tragic and beautiful."
Paul Verlaine
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"Life's meaning is found not in destination but in the journey itself."
Victor Leconte de Lisle
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"Life is a canvas; make your masterpiece worth viewing."
Théophile Gautier
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"To be alive is to feel; to feel deeply is to truly live."
Théophile Gautier
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"Life is the art of drawing without an eraser."
Alexandre Dumas, fils
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"Life is a series of poses we adopt for the benefit of others"
Guy de Maupassant