Quotes with mid-life

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  • Samuel Johnson Those who attain to any excellence commonly spend life in some single pursuit, for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Anais Nin Those who cannot live fully often become destroyers of life.
    Anais Nin
    French-born American Novelist, Dancer (1903 - 1977)
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  • Rachel Carson Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the Earth are never alone or weary of life.
    Rachel Carson
    American marine biologist, author, and conservationist (1907 - 1964)
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  • Billy Joel Those who have expressed doubts and misgivings about their ability to live this kind of life shouldn't try, because being a musician is not something you chose to be, it is something you are.
    Billy Joel
    American singer-songwriter and pianist (1949 - )
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  • Samuel Butler Those who have never had a father can at any rate never know the sweets of losing one. To most men the death of his father is a new lease of life.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Those who hope for no other life are dead even for this.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • E. M. Forster Those who prepared for all the emergencies of life beforehand may equip themselves at the expense of joy.
    E. M. Forster
    English novelist, short story writer, essayist and librettist (1879 - 1970)
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  • Bernard Malamud Those who write about life, reflect about life. you see in others who you are.
    Bernard Malamud
    American novelist (1914 - 1986)
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  • Marcus Aurelius Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.
    Marcus Aurelius
    Roman emperor (121 - 180)
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  • Sir Thomas Browne Though it be in the power of the weakest arm to take away life, it is not in the strongest to deprive us of death.
    Sir Thomas Browne
    British author, physician and philosopher (1605 - 1682)
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  • Alexis de Tocqueville Though it is very important for man as an individual that his religion should be true, that is not the case for society. Society has nothing to fear or hope from another life; what is most important for it is not that all citizens profess the true religion but that they should profess religion.
    Alexis de Tocqueville
    French aristocrat, political philosopher and sociologist (1805 - 1859)
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  • Amos Bronson Alcott Thought means life, since those who do not think so do not live in any high or real sense. Thinking makes the man.
    Amos Bronson Alcott
    American educator and social reformer (1799 - 1888)
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  • Buddha Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
    Buddha
    Spiritual leader, born as Siddhartha Gautama (450 - 370)
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  • George Washington Burnap Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, someone to love, and something to hope for.
    The Sphere and Duties of Woman: A Course of Lectures (1848)
    George Washington Burnap
    American Unitarian clergyman (1802 - 1859)
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  • Bertrand Russell Three passions simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life; the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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  • Henry James Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.
    Henry James
    American author (1843 - 1916)
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  • John Gay Through all the employments of life each neighbor abuses his brother; whore and rogue they call husband and wife: All professions be-rogue one another.
    John Gay
    British playwright and poet (1685 - 1732)
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  • Bill Cosby Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it.
    Bill Cosby
    American actor, comedian, producer (1937 - )
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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It was given to us to learn at the outset that life is a profound and passionate thing.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • Beilby Porteus Through the sequester'd vale of rural life The venerable patriarch guileless held The tenor of his way.
    Beilby Porteus
    English Bishop and reformer (1731 - 1809)
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