Quotes About Life
The best quotes about life: famous words from history's greatest minds to inspire you, free to read, copy, and share.
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately.
Henry David Thoreau
Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.
Marcus Aurelius
It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a great deal of it.
Seneca
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
Oscar Wilde
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.
Albert Einstein
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness.
Charles Dickens
I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable.
Walt Whitman
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What are the best quotes about Life?
This page collects the most famous quotes about life from history's greatest thinkers, writers, and leaders, including Henry David Thoreau, Marcus Aurelius, Seneca. Each quote is shown with its author.
Are these quotes about life accurate?
We only publish widely cited quotes with their commonly accepted attributions, and we deliberately leave out famous misattributions. Some quotes are shown in their standard English translations, for example lines from the Tao Te Ching or Meditations.
Can I copy and share these quotes about life?
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