Life and Death
196 aphorisms · 11 comments
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tiny.ag/t0stg1ru · submitted 1997
In our society, any man who doesn't cry at his mother's funeral is liable to be condemned to death.
Albert Camus, The Stranger, in Life and Death
tiny.ag/omnauuky · submitted 1997
All the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams.
tiny.ag/kygnp58l · submitted 1997
To be prepared against surprise is to be trained. To be prepared for surprise is to be educated.
tiny.ag/ucas5skv · submitted 1997
Life is the childhood of our immortality.
tiny.ag/ktc0xjw3 · submitted 1997
I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.
tiny.ag/leqwvn5o · submitted 1997
If I could drop dead right now, I'd be the happiest man alive.
tiny.ag/buksmgyy · submitted 1997
Life is like a box of chocolates... you never know what you're gonna get.
Winston Groom, Forrest Gump, in Life and Death
tiny.ag/mdhzlnil · submitted 1997
The best inheritance a parent can give to his children is a few minutes of their time each day.
tiny.ag/5mrm7cdg · submitted 1997
It was a Roman who said it was sweet to die for one's country. The Greeks never said it was sweet to die for anything. They had no vital lies.
Edith Hamilton, The Greek Way, in Life and Death and War and Peace
tiny.ag/rnxbf2ho · submitted 1998
I hope life isn't a joke, because I don't get it.
tiny.ag/yio6tuyz · submitted 1997
The face of a child can say it all, especially the mouth part of the face.
Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts, in Life and Death
tiny.ag/sdvpkq9f · submitted 1997
Life is made up of marble and mud.
tiny.ag/26yeyslg · submitted 1997
The best thing about growing older is that it takes such a long time.
tiny.ag/jmnes1bp · submitted 1997
The older a man gets, the farther he had to walk to school as a boy.
tiny.ag/zpdgt5p3 · submitted 1997
The secret to life is that there is no secret.
tiny.ag/yqwcpnfd · submitted 1997
To live a perfect life, you must ask nothing, give nothing, and expect nothing.
tiny.ag/uxknfqoq · submitted 1997
Try to get all of your posthumous medals in advance.
Unknown, in Life and Death and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/9fqb7lqw · submitted 1997
Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge.
tiny.ag/4ru9egbz · submitted 1997
Death is life's way of telling you you've been fired.
tiny.ag/5x9cvfxv · submitted 1997
I wouldn't mind dying -- it's that business of having to stay dead that scares the shit out of me.
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