Life and Death
196 aphorisms · 11 comments
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tiny.ag/nwd35ukj · ★★☆☆ Fair (336 ratings) · submitted 1997
What makes old age so sad is not that our joys but our hopes cease.
Jean Paul Richter, in Happiness and Misery and Life and Death
tiny.ag/o7wo0x8t · ★★☆☆ Fair (199 ratings) · submitted 1997
Born to be wild -- live to outgrow it.
tiny.ag/3dnw6xyp · ★★☆☆ Fair (125 ratings) · submitted 1997
Death is feared as birth is forgotten.
tiny.ag/m3b4teek · ★★☆☆ Fair (133 ratings) · submitted 1997
Death is the final wake-up call.
tiny.ag/dzxgn8lw · ★★☆☆ Fair (126 ratings) · submitted 1997
Drive slow and enjoy the scenery -- drive fast and join the scenery.
tiny.ag/9exonkwl · ★★☆☆ Fair (129 ratings) · submitted 1997
Growing old is not growing up.
tiny.ag/h3ssnixk · ★★☆☆ Fair (121 ratings) · submitted 1997
Happiness in the present is only shattered by comparison with the past.
tiny.ag/cfxqwrve · ★★☆☆ Fair (94 ratings) · submitted 1997
It's not a question of happiness, it's a requirement. Consider the alternative.
tiny.ag/cqhmzryv · ★★☆☆ Fair (88 ratings) · submitted 1997
Life is good when we think it's good. Life is bad when we don't think.
tiny.ag/k0lhuitd · ★★☆☆ Fair (74 ratings) · submitted 1997
Search for meaning, eat, sleep. Search for meaning, eat, sleep. Die, search for meaning, search for meaning, search for meaning.
tiny.ag/eip3h9je · ★★☆☆ Fair (76 ratings) · submitted 1997
Seeing the light is a choice, not seeing the light is no choice.
tiny.ag/c3ydou6f · ★★☆☆ Fair (64 ratings) · submitted 1997
Thoughts are the gun, words are the bullets, deeds are the target, the bulls-eye is heaven.
tiny.ag/8ei71095 · ★★☆☆ Fair (87 ratings) · submitted 1997
To awake from death is to die in peace.
tiny.ag/zckhxjq9 · ★★☆☆ Fair (82 ratings) · submitted 1997
We are all serving a life sentence, and good behaviour is our only hope for a pardon.
tiny.ag/uwjseqdv · ★★☆☆ Fair (77 ratings) · submitted 1997
While seeking revenge, dig two graves -- one for yourself.
tiny.ag/0ocbsd1l · ★★☆☆ Fair (69 ratings) · submitted 1997
Why ask why? If it's raining it just is.
tiny.ag/wdjstbs9 · ★★☆☆ Fair (27 ratings) · submitted 1997
Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them.
tiny.ag/esckebld · ★★☆☆ Fair (158 ratings) · submitted 1997
Don't take life too seriously; you will never get out of it alive.
tiny.ag/imy14xh7 · ★★☆☆ Fair (211 ratings) · submitted 1997
Forty is the old age of youth; fifty is the youth of old age.
tiny.ag/jjzf0pi4 · ★★☆☆ Fair (65 ratings) · submitted 1997
The idea is to die young as late as possible.
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