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Letter "L" » Life
«All our work, our whole life is a matter of semantics, because words are the tools with which we work, the material out of which laws are made, out of which the Constitution was written. Everything depends on our understanding of them.»
Author: Felix Frankfurter
(Jurist)
| About:
Law and lawyers,
Life,
Work
| Keywords:
constitution, material, semantics, tools
«Among the notable things about fire is that it also requires oxygen to burn - exactly like its enemy, life. Thereby are life and flames so often compared.»
Author: Otto Weininger
(Philosopher)
| About:
Fire,
Life
| Keywords:
flames, notable, notables, thereby
«And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning»
Author: Isaac Asimov
(Biochemist, Writer)
| About:
Belief,
Life
| Keywords:
above all, good enough, reckoning, reckons
«All our dreams can come true...if we have the courage to pursue them.»
«All would live long; but none would be old»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| About:
Life
«Always move forward, going straight will get you nowhere.»
«All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| About:
Confidence,
Ignorance,
Life,
Success,
Trust
| Keywords:
This Life
«Always do what you are afraid to do.»
«Almost every man wastes part of his life in attempts to display qualities which he does not possess, and to gain applauses which he cannot keep; so that scarcely can two persons meet, but one is offended or diverted by the ostentation of the other»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
| About:
Life,
Relationships
| Keywords:
display, divert, diverted, diverting, diverts, offended, ostentation, scarcely, wastes
«And to make an end is to make a beginning.»
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