Life and Death
196 aphorisms · 11 comments
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tiny.ag/3ipv86qd · ★★☆☆ Fair (888 ratings) · submitted 1998
Genealogy is based on the obviously silly idea that there is no such thing as a bastard.
tiny.ag/9wkrhp7b · ★★☆☆ Fair (83 ratings) · submitted 1997
The brave don't live forever, but the cautious don't live at all. Here's to the brave!
tiny.ag/goycrlxn · ★★☆☆ Fair (127 ratings) · submitted 1997
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.
tiny.ag/cqzk8eet · ★★☆☆ Fair (203 ratings) · submitted 1997
The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.
tiny.ag/vepzdy0d · ★★☆☆ Fair (60 ratings) · submitted 1997
He who has the courage to laugh is almost as much a master of the world as he who is ready to die.
tiny.ag/np9hfjzk · ★★☆☆ Fair (145 ratings) · submitted 1997
Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans.
tiny.ag/ev3fc9xo · ★★☆☆ Fair (935 ratings) · submitted 1997
Life is like a sewer -- what you get out of it depends on what you put into it.
Tom Lehrer, (from the album An Evening Wasted), in Life and Death
tiny.ag/pyc5i9je · ★★☆☆ Fair (85 ratings) · submitted 1997
What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?
tiny.ag/pgmtdaub · ★★☆☆ Fair (296 ratings) · submitted 1998
Life is ours to be spent, not saved.
tiny.ag/k6fhbfxn · ★★☆☆ Fair (107 ratings) · submitted 1997
Few things are more satisfying than seeing your own children have teenagers of their own.
tiny.ag/dkcw9sko · ★★☆☆ Fair (183 ratings) · submitted 1997
A child is a person who can't understand why someone would give away a perfectly good kitten.
tiny.ag/odq1svy5 · ★★☆☆ Fair (368 ratings) · submitted 1997
We spend the first twelve months of our children's lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve telling them to sit down and shut up.
tiny.ag/buksmgyy · ★★☆☆ Fair (709 ratings) · 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/wva2bjoz · ★★☆☆ Fair (153 ratings) · submitted 1997
I kept on digging the hole deeper and deeper looking for the treasure chest until I finally lifted my head, looked up and realised that I had dug my own grave.
Dominic, (on the psychology of a gambler), in Life and Death and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/9xelzoym · ★★☆☆ Fair (175 ratings) · submitted 1997
Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think, and a docudrama with ugly actors for those who film docudramas.
tiny.ag/p2zj718l · ★★☆☆ Fair (207 ratings) · submitted 1997
The only absolute knowledge worth attaining is that your life is meaningless. -- My life? Well now, that's another story...
tiny.ag/bmtd51wv · ★★☆☆ Fair (776 ratings) · submitted 1999
Live to win, dare to fail.
tiny.ag/w9xyjy4p · ★★☆☆ Fair (69 ratings) · submitted 1997
Nothing endures but change.
tiny.ag/5mrm7cdg · ★★☆☆ Fair (3018 ratings) · 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 · ★★☆☆ Fair (512 ratings) · submitted 1998
I hope life isn't a joke, because I don't get it.
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