Alexander the Great
Military Leader, King
"I would rather live a short life of glory than a long one of obscurity."
Short Life quotes
Short Life
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Gautama Buddha
Spiritual Teacher
"Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have."
Voltaire
Philosopher, Writer
"Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats."
Alan Watts
Philosopher, Writer
"Better to have a short life that is full of what you like doing than a long life spent in a miserable way."
Douglas Adams
Writer, Humorist
"You live and learn. At any rate, you live."
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"Life is short. It can come and go like a feather in the wind."
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"Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today."
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"Life is too short to worry about anything"
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"The function of man is to live, not to exist."
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"Let every dawn of morning be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting sun be to you as its close: — then let every one of these short lives leave its sure record of some kindly thing done for others — some goodly strength or knowledge gained for yourselves."
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"I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again."
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"I hope you live a life you're proud of..."
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"Life is too short to worry about anything. You had better enjoy it because the next day promises nothing."
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"Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervour."
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"But I am mistaken in speaking of a Christian republic; the terms are mutually exclusive. Christianity preaches only servitude and dependence. Its spirit is so favorable to tyranny that it always profits by such a regime. True Christians are made to be slaves, and they know it and do not much mind; this short life counts for too little in their eyes."
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"I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana's loss, and gratitude for her all-too-short life. It is a chance to show to the whole world the British nation united in grief and respect."
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"Why not? Life is short, life is dull, life is full of pain - and this is a chance for something special."
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"Live the life you've dreamed."
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"Oh, these vast, calm, measureless mountain days, inciting at once to work and rest! Days in whose light everything seems equally divine, opening a thousand windows to show us God. Nevermore, however weary, should one faint by the way who gains the blessings of one mountain day; whatever his fate, long life, short life, stormy or calm, he is rich forever."
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"One who contends with immortals lives a very short life."
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"In the books I read the sinners are always more interesting than the saints, and in real life good people are dismally dull. I've no desire to be wicked, but I do want to be happy. A short life and a gay one for me and I'm willing to pay for my pleasure if it is necessary."
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"There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents."
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"Photos are profound because they have such short lives. They are more like fingerprints, dead leaves, rain puddles, or the corpses of flies."
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"The part of life which we really live is short."
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"Still let my tyrants know, I am not doomed to wear Year after year in gloom, and desolate despair; A messenger of Hope comes every night to me, And offers for short life, eternal liberty."
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