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«No one's a virgin, life screws us all!»
Author: AJ McLean (Singer) | About: Life
«My past is my wisdom to use today. . . my future is my wisdom yet to experience. Be in the present because that is where life resides.»
Author: Gene Oliver | About: Life, Wisdom | Keywords: past life, reside, resided, resides, residing
«No life is a waste. The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we are alone.»
Author: Mitch Albom | About: Life
«Never make people laugh. If you would succeed in life, you must be solemn, solemn as an ass. All great monuments are built over solemn asses.»
Author: Thomas Corwin | About: Life, Relationships, Success | Keywords: monuments, solemn
«Never regret. If it's good, it's wonderful. If it's bad, it's experience.»
Author: Victoria Holt | About: Experience, Life, Regret
«Neither one should hesitate about dedicating oneself to philosophy when young, nor should get tired of doing it when one's old, because no one is ever too young or too old to reach one's soul's healthy.»
Author: Epicurus | About: Health, Life, Philosophy, Youth | Keywords: dedicating, hesitate, Too Old
«Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.»
«My life is a simple thing that would interest no one. It is a known fact that I was born and that is all that is necessary.»
«Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered; there is only error to be exposed»
«My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them.»