All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.

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Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete a character.

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If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue.

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If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my own success.

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The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by all that is

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The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by all that is.

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Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

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Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.

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There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as his own death.

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To live is like to love - all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct for it.

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