Not to be proud in happiness and not to suffer in suffering, to do the inevitable with dignity, to do the right thing, to enjoy the beautiful, to love life and not to fear death, and to firmly believe in God and a better future means robbing death of its bitt'res.
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In and of itself, it is a good life; but considering that it is a shepherd's life, it is no good. Considering that it is lonely, I may well suffer it, but considering that it is silent, it is a very miserable life. Further, considering that it is in the country, it is up to me; but considering that it is not at court, it gets boring. Insofar as it is a moderate life, you see, it is to my mind; but insofar it is not more abundant ... William Shakespeare
Behave yourself in life like a banquet. A food is carried around and comes to you: you grow to length and take it away with decency. It is carried over: you do not hold it back. She has not come to you yet: You suppress your desire and wait quietly until she comes to you. So do it to your children, to your wife, to honors and riches, and you will be a table companion of the gods. Epictet
The life of man is of a lamentable brevity. Although one counts it from the first entry into the world, but for my part I would like to calculate it from there, where the reason emerges and one is set in motion by the reason, and that happens usually not earlier than with twenty years. Blaise Pascal
The life history of human beings is usually divided into three main parts: their follies, their joys and their happiness or misfortune. Christoph Kuffner
