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The Renaissance4 quotes
Give me a spirit that on this life's rough sea
Loves t' have his sails filled with a lusty wind,
Even till his sail-yards tremble, his masts crack,
And his rapt ship run on her side so low
That she drinks water, and her keel plows air. — George Chapman · 1608Whenever your life ends, it is all there. The advantage of living is not measured by length, but by use; some men have lived long, and lived little; attend to it while you are in it. It lies in your will, not in the number of years, for you to have lived enough. — Michel de Montaigne · 1580Living is my job and my art. — Michel de Montaigne · 1580The value of life lies not in the length of days but in the use you make of them. — Michel de Montaigne · 1580Classical antiquity2 quotes
Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow! — Horace · 23 BCLife is long if you know how to use it. — Seneca · 49