Life is freedom—life in the direct ratio of its amount.... The smallest candle fills a mile with its rays, and the pupillæ of a man run out to every star. Emerson.
Life is girt all round with a zodiac of sciences, the contributions of men who have perished to add their point of light to our sky.... These road-makers on every hand enrich us. We must extend the area of life and multiply our relations. We are as much gainers by finding a property in the old earth as by acquiring a new planet. Emerson.
Life is given us not to enjoy, but to overcome. 35 Schopenhauer.
Life is half spent before we know what life is. Fr. Pr.
Life is immeasurably heightened by the solemnity of death. Alex. Smith.
Life is kindled only by life. Jean Paul.
Life is like wine; he who would drink it pure must not drain it to the dregs. Sir W. Temple.
Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or 40 duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and small obligations given habitually, are what win the heart and secure comfort. Sir H. Davy.
Life is made up, not of knowledge only, but of love also.... The hues of sunset make life great; so the affections make some little web of cottage and fireside populous, important. Emerson.
Life is movement. Arist.