Life Quotes
The big one. What it means, how to live it, and why it's worth the effort.
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"The value of life is measured not in years but in moments of truth"Guy de Maupassant
"Life is not a problem to be solved, but a gift to be received."George Sand
"Life has no smooth road for any of us."George Sand
"A woman is not written in books and lined papers."George Sand
"Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood."George Sand
"We live in perpetual mourning for what we might have been."Gérard de Nerval
"To live authentically is to embrace one's own contradictions."Victor Leconte de Lisle
"The art of living is the art of letting go."Victor Leconte de Lisle
"In the garden of human experience, both weeds and flowers have their place."Victor Leconte de Lisle
"The great irony is that we are almost never unhappy in the way we expected."Stendhal
"One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often."Alexandre Dumas, fils
"Life is a novel which writes itself."Alexandre Dumas, fils
"To live is to feel, and to feel is to suffer."Théophile Gautier
"Life is neither a triumph nor a defeat, but a journey."Théophile Gautier
"To live fully is to embrace both joy and sorrow."Théophile Gautier
"The beauty of life lies in its unpredictability."Théophile Gautier
"Life itself is the proper binge."George Sand
"Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think."Guy de Maupassant
"Every person contains multitudes of contradictions."Guy de Maupassant
"Every person is both writer and character in their own story."Gérard de Nerval
"The beauty of life lies in its inevitable uncertainty."Victor Leconte de Lisle
"Life is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be lived."Victor Leconte de Lisle
"Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this."Alexandre Dumas, fils
"Life's lessons are often disguised as life's disappointments."Alexandre Dumas, fils
"The human heart has its seasons, just as the earth does."Stendhal
"A man should not live like an animal in a house, but should live like a human being."Stendhal
"In the end, it is only the simplest things that matter."Stendhal
"The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist."Stendhal
"We cannot tear out a single page of our life, but we can throw the whole book in the fire."George Sand
"A woman's life is a poem of contradictions."George Sand