Life Quotes

Collection of phrases and quotes about life.

Gustave Flaubert

Gustave Flaubert

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An soul is measured by the breadth of its desires, just as a cathedral is judged beforehand by the height of its towers.

Gustave Flaubert

Gustave Flaubert

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The future tortures us and the past chains us. That's why the present escapes us.

Gustave Flaubert

Gustave Flaubert

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Memories do not populate our solitude, as is often said; on the contrary, they make it deeper.

Gustave Flaubert

Gustave Flaubert

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Humanity is as it is. It's not about changing it, but knowing it.

Gustave Flaubert

Gustave Flaubert

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I believe that if we always looked at the sky, we would end up having wings.

Gustave Flaubert

Gustave Flaubert

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Need is an indestructible obstacle; everything thrown against it crashes.

Gustave Flaubert

Gustave Flaubert

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The yearning suffocated beneath the habit.

Bernard Le Bouvier de Fontenelle

Bernard Le Bouvier de Fontenelle

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Don't take life too seriously; you won't get out of it alive anyway.

Rafael Alberti

Rafael Alberti

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I will never be stone. I will shout when necessary. I will laugh when necessary. I will sing when necessary.

Paul Charles Bourget

Paul Charles Bourget

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You call me your life, call me your soul; because the soul is immortal, and life is but a day.

Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Pedro Calderón de la Barca

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The fall should not take away the glory of having climbed.

Ramón de Campoamor

Ramón de Campoamor

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My most faithful beloved was the hope that often deceives me and does not let me go.