Posted by: gioia
in Quotes & Aphorisms (Life)
Who lives, when they live, are not seen: they live. If one should see their own life, it means they're not living it anymore: they are subjected to it, they're pulling it.
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Who lives, when they live, are not seen: they live. If one should see their own life, it means they're not living it anymore: they are subjected to it, they're pulling it.
One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.
But men must know that in this theater of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on.
A beautiful and amiable illusion is that for which the days, annniversaries of an occurrence, that in truth have nothing more than any other day of the year, seem to have with that a particular connection, and that almost a shadow from the past may revive and return in those days, and stand before us.
Mark how fleeting and paltry is the estate of man - yesterday in embryo, tomorrow a mummy or ashes. So for the hairsbreadth of time assigned to thee, live rationally, and part with life cheerfully, as drops the ripe olive, extolling the season that bore it and the tree that matured it.
Genius moves within folly, in the sense that is kept afloat there where the madman drowns.
Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans.
Life always waits for critical situations, to reveal its most brilliant side...
There's no hope without fear, or fear without hope.
It may seem strange that life is a pure incident, but it's inevitable that in a so much large universe incidents happen.