Life and Death
196 aphorisms · 11 comments
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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/imy14xh7 · submitted 1997
Forty is the old age of youth; fifty is the youth of old age.
tiny.ag/esckebld · submitted 1997
Don't take life too seriously; you will never get out of it alive.
tiny.ag/wdjstbs9 · submitted 1997
Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them.
tiny.ag/0ocbsd1l · submitted 1997
Why ask why? If it's raining it just is.
tiny.ag/uwjseqdv · submitted 1997
While seeking revenge, dig two graves -- one for yourself.
tiny.ag/zckhxjq9 · submitted 1997
We are all serving a life sentence, and good behaviour is our only hope for a pardon.
tiny.ag/8ei71095 · submitted 1997
To awake from death is to die in peace.
tiny.ag/eip3h9je · submitted 1997
Seeing the light is a choice, not seeing the light is no choice.
tiny.ag/k0lhuitd · submitted 1997
Search for meaning, eat, sleep. Search for meaning, eat, sleep. Die, search for meaning, search for meaning, search for meaning.
tiny.ag/dzxgn8lw · submitted 1997
Drive slow and enjoy the scenery -- drive fast and join the scenery.
tiny.ag/w9xyjy4p · submitted 1997
Nothing endures but change.
tiny.ag/bmtd51wv · submitted 1999
Live to win, dare to fail.
tiny.ag/o7wo0x8t · submitted 1997
Born to be wild -- live to outgrow it.
tiny.ag/3dnw6xyp · submitted 1997
Death is feared as birth is forgotten.
tiny.ag/9exonkwl · submitted 1997
Growing old is not growing up.
tiny.ag/cfxqwrve · submitted 1997
It's not a question of happiness, it's a requirement. Consider the alternative.
tiny.ag/h3ssnixk · submitted 1997
Happiness in the present is only shattered by comparison with the past.
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