"I am all for the short and merry life."
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"Life is to short to be small."
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"Life is to short to be little."
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"Life is painful, nasty and short.. in my case it has only been painful and nasty."
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"I'm not someone who dwells upon past events, taking the view that life is too short"
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"Life is short. The sooner that a man begins to enjoy his wealth the better."
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"Life is short and art is long."
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"Life is short. Be of use."
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"Cease, cows, life is short."
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"I'll rest when I'm dead. I'm hungry and life is short!"
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"Life is short, but art lives forever."
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"Life is too short not to do a little practical joking."
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"Life is short, yet sweet."
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"One can never read too little of bad, or too much of good books: bad books are intellectual poison; they destroy the mind. In order to read what is good one must make it a condition never to read what is bad; for life is short, and both time and strength limited."
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"I understand that each one of us works at a different speed, and has a slightly different process. I understand that these writers are painstaking, wanting each sentence-each word-to carry weight... I know it’s not laziness, but respect for the work, and I understand from my own work that haste makes waste. But I also understand that life is short, and that in the end, none of us is prolific. The creative spark dims, and then death puts it out. William Shakespeare, for instance, hasn’t produced a new play for 400 years. That, my friends, is a long dry spell."
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"Life is short and the art long."
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"You can not bring back the past. But you certainly can not repeat it. Life is short, even if live to ninety. Live to the fullest - that's how I feel. Appreciate every moment, every hour, every day, because they do not blink of an eye, all over. I am absolutely sure that for most people their death comes as a surprise."
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"Life is short; this being so, who would pursue great things and not bear with what is at hand? These are the ways of madmen and men of evil counsel, at least in my judgment."
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"Life is short. It's God's fault. Sorry."
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"Life is short. Short, and not about anything except what you can touch and what touches you."
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