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Life

«Why don't you climb down off the cross, take the wood to build a bridge, and get over it!»
Author: Christopher Titus | About: Comedy, Life, Tragedy
«Who soweth good seed shall surely reap; The year grows rich as it groweth old, And life's latest sands are its sands of gold!»
Author: Dorothy Canfield Fisher | About: Life | Keywords: latest, old gold
«With a hundred ways to do a dozen things, why not try it all?»
Author: Julian Casablancas | About: Life
«Who among us hasn't envied a cat's ability to ignore the cares of daily life and to relax completely?»
«Wit thou well that I will notlive long after thy days.»
Author: Sir Thomas Malory (Author) | About: Death, Life
«Why isn't my life like a situation comedy? Why don't I have a bunch of friends with nothing better to do but drop by and instigate wacky adventures? Why aren't my conversations peppered with spontaneous witticisms? Why don't my friends demonstrate heartfelt concern for my well being when I have problems? ...I gotta get my life some writers.»
Author: Bill Watterson (Author) | About: Comedy, Life
«Who the cap fits, let them wear it. Your worst enemy can be your best friend; your best friend, your worst enemy.»
«Who loses a day loses life»
«Why, life must be filled up, and the man who is not capable of intellectual pleasures must content himself with such as his senses can afford»
Author: Samuel Johnson (Critic, Poet, Writer) | About: Life
«Why am I Dying to Live, When I'm just Living to Die, Why am I Trying to see when there ain't nothing in sight, Why am I Trying to Give when no one Gives me a try.»
Author: Tupac Shakur (Artist) | About: Life