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“To be, or not to be, that is the Question” William Shakespeare, “Hamlet” - 1623

“A light heart lives long.” William Shakespeare, “Love's Labour's Lost” - 1598

“It would seem, Adeimantus, that the direction in which education starts a man, will determine his future life.” Plato, “The Republic”

“People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book.” Malcolm X, “The Autobiography of Malcolm X” - 1965

“Have regular hours for work and play, make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life become a beautiful...” Louisa May Alcott, “Little Women” - 1868

“All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages.” William Shakespeare, “As You Like It” - 1623

“Absorbing, mysterious, of infinite richness, this life.” Virginia Woolf, “Mrs Dalloway” - 1925

“While you do not know life, how can you know about death?” Confucius, “Analects”

“We live, as we dream—alone...” Joseph Conrad, “Heart of Darkness” - 1899

“How good life is when one does something good and just!” Fyodor Dostoyevsky, “The Brothers Karamazov” - 1880

“Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.” Henry Adams, “The Education of Henry Adams” - 1906

“Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.” Eleanor Roosevelt, “The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt” - 1961

“Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of a competence.” Eleanor Roosevelt, “The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt” - 1961

“The biggest thrill you can ever achieve is to live the life of your dreams.” Oprah Winfrey, “What I Know For Sure” - 2014

“Make a decision and watch your life move forward.” Oprah Winfrey, “What I Know For Sure” - 2014

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” Oscar Wilde, “The Soul of Man under Socialism” - 1891

“All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring.” Chuck Palahniuk, “Invisible Monsters” - 1999

“I must be gone and live, or stay and die.” William Shakespeare, “Romeo and Juliet” - 1597

“Her blood is settled, and her joints are stiff; Life and these lips have long been separated: Death lies on her like an untimely frost Upon the sweetest flower of all the field.” William Shakespeare, “Romeo and Juliet” - 1597

“If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.” Oscar Wilde, “The Importance of Being Earnest” - 1895

“One must be serious about something, if one wants to have any amusement in life.” Oscar Wilde, “The Importance of Being Earnest” - 1895

“And his unkindness may defeat my life, But never taint my love.” William Shakespeare, “Othello” - 1623

“We are such stuff as dreams are made on; and our little life is rounded with a sleep.” William Shakespeare, “The Tempest” - 1623

“It is not life that's complicated, it's the struggle to guide and control life.” F. Scott Fitzgerald, “This Side of Paradise” - 1920

“Let life be short, else shame will be too long.” William Shakespeare, “Henry V” - 1600

“But it is good that we do not have to try to kill the sun or the moon or the stars. It is enough to live on the sea and kill our true brothers.” Ernest Hemingway, “The Old Man and the Sea” - 1952

“Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities.” George R. R. Martin, “A Game of Thrones” - 1996

“Life is a moment-to-moment struggle against hunger or cold or sleeplessness, against a sour stomach or an aching tooth.” George Orwell, “1984” - 1949

“I came into this world, not chiefly to make this a good place to live in, but to live in it, be it good or bad.” Henry David Thoreau, “Civil Disobedience” - 1849

“Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.” Winston Churchill, “The Story of the Malakand Field Force” - 1898

“This would be a hazardous life, and I would be apart from my family, but when a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.” Nelson Mandela, “Long Walk to Freedom” - 1995

“At fifteen, life had taught me that surrender, sometimes, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice.” Maya Angelou, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” - 1969

“Hadn’t I always thought that life was just one great risk?” Maya Angelou, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” - 1969

“First a warning, musical; then the hour, irrevocable. The leaden circles dissolved in the air.” Virginia Woolf, “Mrs Dalloway” - 1925

“Life lived on life. There were the eaters and the eaten. The law was: EAT OR BE EATEN.” Jack London, “White Fang” - 1906

“They were expressions of life, and life is always happy when it is expressing itself.” Jack London, “White Fang” - 1906

“There are darknesses in life, and there are lights. You are one of the lights.” Bram Stoker, “Dracula” - 1897

“The supreme happiness of life consists in the conviction that one is loved; loved for one's own sake—let us say rather, loved in spite of one's self; this conviction the blind man possesses.” Victor Hugo, “Les Misérables” - 1862

“A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy can live.” Bertrand Russell, “The Conquest of Happiness” - 1930

“All the conditions of happiness are realised in the life of the man of science.” Bertrand Russell, “The Conquest of Happiness” - 1930

“The value of money is in proportion to the quantity of the necessaries of life which it will purchase.” Adam Smith, “The Wealth of Nations” - 1776

“But life is a great adventure, and the worst of all fears is the fear of living.” Theodore Roosevelt, “Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography” - 1913

“But the joy of life is a very good thing, and while work is the essential in it, play also has its place.” Theodore Roosevelt, “Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography” - 1913

“It's the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary; only wise men are able to understand them.” Paulo Coelho, “The Alchemist” - 1988

“But dost thou love Life, then do not squander Time, for that's the stuff Life is made of, as Poor Richard says.” Benjamin Franklin, “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin” - 1791

“Droll thing life is—that mysterious arrangement of merciless logic for a futile purpose. The most you can hope from it is some knowledge of yourself—that comes too late—a crop of unextinguishable regrets.” Joseph Conrad, “Heart of Darkness” - 1899

“All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow.” Leo Tolstoy, “Anna Karenina” - 1877

“And do you know, there's less charm in life, when one thinks of death, but there's more peace.” Leo Tolstoy, “Anna Karenina” - 1877

“The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides. The sea is only the embodiment of a supernatural...” Jules Verne, “Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea” - 1870

“Thus its life swings like a pendulum backwards and forwards between pain and ennui.” Arthur Schopenhauer, “The World as Will and Representation” - 1819

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