Life and Death
196 aphorisms · 11 comments
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tiny.ag/nrkqajzx · submitted 1997
Don't worry over what other people are thinking about you. They're too busy worrying over what you are thinking about them.
tiny.ag/vbn3b1au · submitted 1997
Ducharm's Axiom: If you view your problem closely enough you will recognize yourself as part of the problem.
Unknown, in Life and Death and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/jnvbea3l · submitted 1999 by Glenn Troester
Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.
tiny.ag/ncueqfib · submitted 1997
Eat a live toad in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you for the rest of the day.
tiny.ag/gcj36kvs · submitted 1999 by pam brees
Every time a baby is born, so is a grandmother.
tiny.ag/tpxrfoyh · submitted 1997
Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die.
tiny.ag/iltu4sq1 · submitted 1997
Fairy tales: Horror stories for children to get them used to reality.
tiny.ag/lkbki8ft · submitted 1997
For those who fight for it, life has a flavor the sheltered will never know.
tiny.ag/hwk0yobb · submitted 1997
All I ask of life is a constant and exaggerated sense of my own importance.
Unknown, in Life and Death and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/lewynsak · submitted 1997
Always remember that you are unique. Just like everyone else.
tiny.ag/hl6bwuua · submitted 1997
The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.
tiny.ag/satycnrw · submitted 1997
Even the best of friends cannot attend each other's funeral.
tiny.ag/tuvabnig · submitted 1999
Death is one of the few things that can be done as easily lying down. The difference between sex and death is that with death you can do it alone and no one is going to make fun of you.
Woody Allen, in Life and Death and Love and Hate
tiny.ag/znmoyas0 · submitted 1997
I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve immortality by living forever.
tiny.ag/x1quz7jt · submitted 1997
Millions long for immortality but do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.
tiny.ag/qdviuayz · submitted 1997
It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
Euripides, Orestia, in Life and Death
tiny.ag/f70nm4cm · submitted 1999
All I desire for my own burial is not to be buried alive.
tiny.ag/fznv6alr · submitted 1997
I never think of the future -- it will come soon enough.
tiny.ag/u4ywocdm · submitted 1997
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
tiny.ag/9exdprka · submitted 1997
I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.
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