Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

Life would be too smooth if it had no rubs in it. Pr.

Life's a reckoning we cannot make twice over. George Eliot.

Life's a tragedy. Raleigh.

Life's a tumble-about thing of ups and downs. 45 Disraeli.

Life's but a day at most. Burns.

Life's but a means unto an end; that end / Beginning, mean, and end to all things—God. Bailey.

Life's but a walking shadow; a poor player, / That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, / And then is heard no more! It is a tale / Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, / Signifying nothing. Macb., v. 5.

Life's ebbing stream on either side / Shows at each turn some mould'ring hope or joy, / The man seems following still the funeral of the boy. Keble.

Life's enchanted cup but sparkles near the brim. Byron.

Life's life ony gate (at any rate). Scott.