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«The richness of life lies in the memories we have forgotten.»
Author: Cesare Pavese (Critic, Novelist, Poet, Translator) | About: Life, Memory | Keywords: richness
«The secret of life is to have a task, something you devote your entire life to, something you bring everything to, every minute of the day for the rest of your life. And the most important thing is, it must be something you cannot possibly do.»
Author: Henry Moore (Sculptor) | About: Life | Keywords: devote
«The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time.»
Author: James Taylor (Guitarist, Singer, Song Writer) | About: Life, Time | Keywords: enjoying, passage
«The secret of having a personal life is not answering too many questions about it.»
Author: Joan Collins (Actress) | About: Life, Secrets | Keywords: answering
«The real sin against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, even one's own -even more, one's own, for that has been put in our care and we are responsible for its well-being.»
Author: Katherine Anne Porter | About: Life, Sin | Keywords: abuse, well-being
«The secret of a good life is to have the right loyalties and hold them in the right scale of values.»
Author: Norman Thomas (Social Reformer) | About: Life | Keywords: Good Life, loyalties, scale
«The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.»
«The Road goes ever on and on down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, and I must follow, if I can, pursuing it with eager feet, until it joins some larger way where many paths and errands meet. And whither then? I cannot say.»
«The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made.»
«The secret of life is in art.»
Author: Oscar Wilde (Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet) | About: Art, Life | Keywords: The Secret