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Epicurus2 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 · 240Johann Wolfgang von Goethe2 quotes
One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1786Just trust yourself and you'll learn the art of living. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1808Alasdair Gray1 quote
Work as if you live in the early days of a better nation. — Alasdair Gray · 2004Christopher Hitchens1 quote
Beware the irrational, however seductive. Shun the "transcendent" and all who invite you to subordinate or annihilate yourself. Distrust compassion; prefer dignity for yourself and others. Don't be afraid to be thought arrogant or selfish. Picture all experts as if they were mamals. Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. Seek out argument and disputation for their own sake; the grave will supply plenty of time for silence. Suspect your own motives, and all excuses. Do not live for others any more than you would expect others to live for you. — Christopher Hitchens · 2001Gandalf1 quote
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. — Gandalf · 2001Immanuel Kant1 quote
Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law. — Immanuel Kant · 1785J.R.R. Tolkien1 quote
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. — J.R.R. Tolkien · 1954Jerome K. Jerome1 quote
Let your boat of life be light, packed with only what you need—a homely home and simple pleasures, one or two friends, worth the name, someone to love and someone to love you, a cat, a dog, and a pipe or two, enough to eat and enough to wear, and a little more than enough to drink; for thirst is a dangerous thing. — Jerome K. Jerome · 1889John Cheever1 quote
Wear dark clothes after 6 p. M. Eat fresh fish for breakfast when available. Avoid kneeling in unheated stone churches. Ecclesiastical dampness causes premature gray hair. Fear tastes like a rusty knife and do not let her into your house. Courage tastes of blood. Stand up straight. Admire the world. Relish the love of a gentle woman. Trust in the Lord. — John Cheever · 1957John Morley1 quote
That great business of ours, of learning how to be, to do, to do without, and to depart. — John Morley · 1887Logan Pearsall Smith1 quote
There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second. — Logan Pearsall Smith · 1931Plato1 quote
My 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 BCQuaid1 quote
Relax. You'll live longer. — Quaid · 1990Robert Fulghum1 quote
Share everything.
Play fair.
Don't hit people.
Put things back where you found them.
Clean up your own mess.
Don't take things that aren't yours.
Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody.
Wash your hands before you eat.
Flush.
Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you.
Live a balanced life-learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some. — Robert Fulghum · 1988Socrates1 quote
For our discussion is about no ordinary matter, but on the right way to conduct our lives. — Socrates · 375 BCWilliam Blake1 quote
Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night. — William Blake · 1794William Morris1 quote
Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful. — William Morris · 1882