Life and Death
196 aphorisms · 11 comments
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tiny.ag/9xelzoym · submitted 1997
Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think, and a docudrama with ugly actors for those who film docudramas.
tiny.ag/wva2bjoz · submitted 1997
I kept on digging the hole deeper and deeper looking for the treasure chest until I finally lifted my head, looked up and realised that I had dug my own grave.
Dominic, (on the psychology of a gambler), in Life and Death and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/qbcohtn1 · submitted 1997
We all have to die some day, if we live long enough.
Dave Farber, Icon Programming Language Home Page, in Life and Death
tiny.ag/8kw5laiw · submitted 1997
You draw nothing out of the bank of life except what you deposit in it.
tiny.ag/mfa7pfik · submitted 1998 by Dave Supulski
You are only young once... but you can be immature your whole life.
tiny.ag/wobuqdw1 · submitted 1997
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
Unknown, (Indian proverb), in Life and Death and Vice and Virtue
tiny.ag/uxknfqoq · submitted 1997
Try to get all of your posthumous medals in advance.
Unknown, in Life and Death and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/yqwcpnfd · submitted 1997
To live a perfect life, you must ask nothing, give nothing, and expect nothing.
tiny.ag/8ei71095 · submitted 1997
To awake from death is to die in peace.
tiny.ag/yvxqb7s2 · submitted 1999
It is the deed that teaches, not the name we give it. Murder and capital punishment are not the opposites that cancel one another, but similars that breed the same kind.
tiny.ag/v1gy9mza · submitted 1997
It's like déjà vu all over again.
tiny.ag/osjwdfeg · submitted 1997
Beauty: That power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, in Life and Death and Men and Women
tiny.ag/l3yahg9k · submitted 1997
Prescription: A physician's guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, in Health and Disease and Life and Death
tiny.ag/eip3h9je · submitted 1997
Seeing the light is a choice, not seeing the light is no choice.
tiny.ag/c3ydou6f · submitted 1997
Thoughts are the gun, words are the bullets, deeds are the target, the bulls-eye is heaven.
tiny.ag/wdjstbs9 · submitted 1997
Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them.
tiny.ag/zckhxjq9 · submitted 1997
We are all serving a life sentence, and good behaviour is our only hope for a pardon.
tiny.ag/uwjseqdv · submitted 1997
While seeking revenge, dig two graves -- one for yourself.
tiny.ag/0ocbsd1l · submitted 1997
Why ask why? If it's raining it just is.
tiny.ag/hurfcg6j · submitted 1997
Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.
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