Life Quotes

Collection of phrases and quotes about life.

Stefan Zweig

Stefan Zweig

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It is not until we realize that we mean something to others that we feel there is an aim or purpose in our existence.

Aristotle

Aristotle

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Time is the measure of motion between two moments.

Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov

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A subtle erroneous thought can lead to a fruitful inquiry that reveals truths of great value.

Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce

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The future is that period of time in which our businesses thrive, our friends are true, and our happiness is secure.

Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

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Human life is like a path whose exit is a horrifying precipice; we are warned about it from the first steps; but the decree has already been pronounced: it is necessary to always move forward without being able to retreat.

Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

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The past is the past. There is a future for all men who repent and have energy.

Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler

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Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient data.

Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Pedro Calderón de la Barca

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That all life is a dream and dreams are just dreams.

Italo Calvino

Italo Calvino

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Unrealized futures are just branches of the past: dry branches.

Emil Cioran

Emil Cioran

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No matter how disillusioned we may be, it is impossible to live without some hope. We always hold on to one, despite ourselves, and that unconscious hope compensates for all the other explicit hopes we have rejected or exhausted.