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Things In Life Quotes (page 7)

War is not a polite recreation but the vilest thing in life, and we ought to understand that and not play at war. Our attitude towards the fearful necessity of war ought to be stern. It boils down to this: we should have done with humbug, and let war be war and not a game. Otherwise, war is a favourite pastime of the idle and frivolous... Leo Tolstoy
We have no quarrel with the Freudians, but we do not put the same stress on sexual matters as they do. Sex is very important, but if it were the single most important thing in life, it would all be much simpler, and I doubt if mankind would have worked so hard to live far beyond the age when sex is the greatest joy. Robertson Davies
I am certain that there are two things in life which are dependable, the delights of the flesh and the delights of literature. Peter Greenaway
Edgar Allan Poe quote: "The best things in life make you sweaty."
The best things in life make you sweaty. Edgar Allan Poe
But maybe it's wrong of me to complain? I'm alive after all? and I lose an enemy or two every day? cancer, apoplexy, gluttony? it's a pleasure the number that pass on!? I'm not hard to please? a name!? another!? there are good things in life? Louis-Ferdinand Celine
W. Somerset Maugham quote: "Men seek but one thing in life - their pleasure."
Men seek but one thing in life - their pleasure. W. Somerset Maugham
John Ruskin quote: "Remember that the most beautiful things in life are often the..."
Remember that the most beautiful things in life are often the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance. John Ruskin
But even with respect to the most insignificant things in life, none of us constitutes a material whole, identical for everyone, which a person has only to go look up as though we were a book of specifications or a last testament; our social personality is a creation of the minds of others. Marcel Proust
Don’t you think there are two great things in life that we ought to aim at—truth and kindness? Let’s have both if we can, but let’s be sure of having one or the other. E. M. Forster
The most important thing in life is to stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will.' Consider nothing impossible, then treat possiblities as probabilities. Charles Dickens
John Grisham quote: "There are few things in life worse than a long-winded lawyer."
There are few things in life worse than a long-winded lawyer. John Grisham
Thomas S. Monson quote: "Don't forget: one of the saddest things in life is wasted talent."
Don't forget: one of the saddest things in life is wasted talent. Thomas S. Monson
I think,” said the Major, taking his pipe from his mouth, “that desire is the most wonderful thing in life. Anybody who can really feel it, is a king, and I envy nobody else!” He put back his pipe. David Herbert Lawrence
Henry Rollins quote: "Do it or don't. It's amazing how many things in life are that..."
Do it or don't. It's amazing how many things in life are that easy. Henry Rollins
I don't see why human people make such a heavy trip out of sex. It isn't anything complex, it is simply the best thing in life, even better than food. Robert A. Heinlein

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