Life Quotes

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

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"In this world is ther non assurance."
Geoffrey Chaucer
"This world nis but a thurghfare ful of wo."
Geoffrey Chaucer
"In every heart lies a story of triumph and sorrow."
Geoffrey Chaucer
J
"The richness of life lies in the multitude of talents."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
J
"Live as if you were to die tomorrow; learn as if you were to live forever."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
J
"An unused life is an early death."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
W
"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players."
William Shakespeare
W
"The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together."
William Shakespeare
J
"Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day."
John Milton
J
"To live is not to breathe, but to feel the movement of the heart."
John Milton
O
"I see and approve better things, but follow worse."
Ovid
O
"Harsh necessity constrains us."
Ovid
O
"We are not born all at once, but by degrees."
Ovid
O
"Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans."
Ovid
O
"To live is to change, and to become perfect is to have changed often."
Ovid
V
"Each man bears his own hell within him."
Virgil
V
"As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters."
Virgil
V
"Life is the greatest gift of all."
Virgil
D
"In the middle of the journey of our life, I came to myself in a dark wood where the straight way was lost."
Dante Alighieri
"The life so short, the craft so long to learn."
Geoffrey Chaucer
"A life lived in service to others is a life well-spent."
Geoffrey Chaucer
O
"Life is a play; act well your part."
Ovid
O
"The journey is more important than the destination."
Ovid
O
"The legacy we leave is written in the hearts of others."
Ovid
O
"The purpose of life is to live it fully."
Ovid
W
"The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together."
William Shakespeare
J
"The childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day."
John Milton
J
"Nor love thy life, nor hate; but what thou liv'st, live well."
John Milton
J
"The important thing is not the length of your life, but the depth."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
J
"Gray, dear friend, is all theory, and green the golden tree of life."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe