Quotes on life

“Man’s life seems to me like a long, weary night that would be intolerable if there were not occasionally flashes of light, the sudden brightness of which is so comforting and wonderful, that the moments of their appearance cancel out and justify the years of darkness.”

Hermann Hesse
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“We fear death, we shudder at life’s instability, we grieve to see the flowers wilt again and again, and the leaves fall, and in our hearts we know that we, too, are transitory and will soon disappear.”

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“Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.”

Winston Churchill
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Life With a Capital F

Jacqueline Carol
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The Arts Are Not a Way to Make a Living. They Are a Very Human Way of Making Life More Bearable

Kurt Vonnegut
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history of this quote “In the arts of life man invents nothing; but in the arts of death he outdoes Nature herself, and produces by chemistry and machinery all the slaughter of plague, pestilence and famine.” by George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw
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“This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.”

George Bernard Shaw
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“There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart’s desire. The other is to get it.”

Oscar Wilde
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history of this quote “Man’s love is of man’s life a thing apart, ‘Tis woman’s whole existence.” by Lord Byron

Lord Byron
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history of this quote “Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; The best of life is but intoxication.” by Lord Byron

Lord Byron
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