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- A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life; he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), Society and Solitude: Works and Days, 1870
- The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815 - 1902), 1890
- To say the least, a town life makes one more tolerant and liberal in one's judgement of others.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882), Hyperion, 1839
- To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.
- Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790), Poor Richard's Almanack, 1737
- Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
- Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919), Speech in New York, September 7, 1903
- Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved.
- Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), Les Miserables, 1862
- We succeed only as we identify in life, or in war, or in anything else, a single overriding objective, and make all other considerations bend to that one objective.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 - 1969), speech, April 2, 1957
- I came to realize that life lived to help others is the only one that matters and that it is my duty...This is my highest and best use as a human.
- Ben Stein, E! Online, 12-20-03
- Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.
- Truman Capote (1924 - 1984)
- Time is a cruel thief to rob us of our former selves. We lose as much to life as we do to death.
- Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey, 'A Woman of Independent Means'
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