Life Quotes and Sayings
At times it seems that I am living my life backward, and that at the approach of old age my real youth will begin. My soul was born covered with wrinkles — wrinkles that my ancestors and parents most assiduously put there and that I had the greatest trouble removing. ~ André Gide. People are always shouting they want to create a better future. It’s not true. The future is an apathetic void of no interest to anyone. The past is full of life, eager to irritate us, provoke and insult us, tempt us to destroy or repaint it. The only reason people want to be masters of the future is to change the past. ~ Milan Kundera. Do not assume that he who seeks to comfort you now, lives untroubled among the simple and quiet words that sometimes do you good. His life may also have much sadness and difficulty, that remains far beyond yours. ~ Rainer Maria Rilke. Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise/ (That last infirmity of noble mind)/ To scorn delights, and live laborious days;/ But the fair guerdon when we hope to find,/ And think to burst out into sudden blaze,/ Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorr'd shears,/ And slits the thin-spun life. ~ John Milton. |
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