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Philosophical literature4 quotes
For our discussion is about no ordinary matter, but on the right way to conduct our lives. — Socrates · 375 BCMy child, you are still young, and time as it advances [888b] will cause you to reverse many of the opinions you now hold: so wait till then before pronouncing judgment on matters of most grave importance; and of these the gravest of all—though at present you regard it as naught—is the question of holding a right view about the gods and so living well, or the opposite. — Plato · 346 BCThink in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night. — William Blake · 1794Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law. — Immanuel Kant · 1785Fantasy2 quotes
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. — J.R.R. Tolkien · 1954All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. — Gandalf · 2001Historical literature2 quotes
Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily. — Epicurus · 240It is impossible to live pleasurably without living wisely, well, and justly, and impossible to live wisely, well and justly without living pleasurably. — Epicurus · 240Action1 quote
Relax. You'll live longer. — Quaid · 1990Action (film)1 quote
Relax. You'll live longer. — Quaid · 1990Epic1 quote
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. — Gandalf · 2001Epic (film)1 quote
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. — Gandalf · 2001Fantasy (film)1 quote
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. — Gandalf · 2001Science fiction1 quote
Relax. You'll live longer. — Quaid · 1990Science fiction (film)1 quote
Relax. You'll live longer. — Quaid · 1990Tragedy1 quote
Just trust yourself and you'll learn the art of living. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1808Tragedy (play)1 quote
Just trust yourself and you'll learn the art of living. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1808Wisdom literature1 quote
Do justice, that you may live long upon earth. Calm the weeper, do not oppress the widow, do not oust a man from his father's property, do not degrade magnates from their seats. Beware of punishing wrongfully; do not kill, for it will not profit you. — The Teaching for Merikare · 2025 BC