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Letter "L" » Life
«Life is like an onion: you peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep»
«Life is like art. You have to work hard to keep it simple and still have meaning.»
«Life is like an onion: you peel off layer after layer and then you find there is nothing in it»
«Life is like a blanket too short. You pull it up and your toes rebel, you yank it down and shivers meander about your shoulder; but cheerful folks manage to draw their knees up and pass a very comfortable night.»
Author: Marion Howard
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«Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage.»
«Life is like a box of chocolates... you never know what you're gonna get.»
«Life is just one damned thing after another.»
«Life is like an overlong drama through which we sit being nagged by the vague memories of having read the reviews»
«Life is like arriving late for a movie, having to figure out what was going on without bothering everybody with a lot of questions, and then being unexpectedly called away before you find out how it ends»
Author: Joseph Campbell
(Author, Editor, Philosopher, Teacher)
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«Life is languished away in the gloom of anxiety, and consumed in collecting resolutions which the next morning dissipates; in forming purposes which we scarcely hope to keep, and reconciling ourselves to our own cowardice by excuses which, while we»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
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