We live by our imaginations, by our admirations, by our sentiments. Emerson.
We live in a real, and a solid, and a truthful world. In such a world only truth, in the long run, can hope to prosper. Prof. Blackie.
We live in a world which is full of misery and ignorance, and the plain duty of each and all of us is to try to make the little corner he can influence somewhat less miserable and somewhat less ignorant than it was before he entered it. To do this effectually, it is necessary to be fully possessed of only two beliefs: the first, that the order of nature is ascertainable by our faculties to an extent which is practically unlimited; the second, that our volition counts for something as a condition of the course of events. Huxley.
We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; / In feelings, not in figures on a dial. Bailey. (?)
We live in the age of systems. Rückert. 25
We loathe what none are left to share; / Even bless 'twere woe alone to bear. Byron.
We long in vain to undo what has been done. Schopenhauer.
We long to use what lies beyond our scope, / Yet cannot use even what within it lies. Goethe.
We look before and after, / And pine for what is not; / E'en our sincerest laughter / With some pain is fraught; / Our sweetest songs are those which tell of saddest thought. Shelley.
We love a girl for very different things than 30 understanding. We love her for her beauty, her youth, her mirth, her confidingness, her character, with its faults, caprices, and God knows what other inexpressible charms; but we do not love her for her understanding. Her mind we esteem (if it is brilliant), and it may greatly elevate her in our opinion; nay, more, it may enchain us when we already love. But her understanding is not that which awakens and inflames our passions. Goethe.