Life Quotes

Collection of phrases and quotes about life.

Ramón de Campoamor

Ramón de Campoamor

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La vida es dulce o amarga; es corta o larga. ¿Qué importa? El que la goza la halla corta, y el que la sufre la halla larga

Victoria Camps

Victoria Camps

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If ethics is not in crisis, it means we are too self-complacent and think that all the ideals have already been achieved, which would be the most negative thing that could happen to us.

Albert Camus

Albert Camus

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At the beginning of plagues, and when they have ended, there is always some rhetoric. [...] It is at the very moment of misfortune when one becomes accustomed to the truth, that is, to silence.

Albert Camus

Albert Camus

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A man without ethics is a wild beast let loose upon this world.

Albert Camus

Albert Camus

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I have always believed that while the man hopeful in the human condition is a madman, he who despairs of events is a coward.

Albert Camus

Albert Camus

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True generosity towards the future consists in giving everything to the present.

Albert Camus

Albert Camus

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Even, in some cases, to continue, simply to continue, becomes superhuman.

Candide

Candide

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The men tend to present their desires to those whom they consider to be miraculously superior to them, through one avenue of faith or another.

Elías Canetti

Elías Canetti

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Death accepted with resignation is no honor.

Miguel de Cervantes

Miguel de Cervantes

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Love and desire are two different things; not everything that is loved is desired, nor is everything that is desired loved.