There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.
-Oscar Wilde
Quotations
Life
What a wee little part of a person's life are his acts and his words! His real life is led in his head, and is known to none but himself.
-Mark Twain
To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction is to live twice.
-Khalil Gibran
The trouble is if you don’t spend your life yourself, other people will spend it for you.
-Peter Shaffer
"Five Finger Exercise: A Play"
Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.
-Charlie Chaplin
The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.
-Alfred Adler
It is forbidden to live in a town that does not have a green garden.
-The Talmud "Talmud"
There is no cure for birth and death, save to enjoy the interval.
-George Santayana
The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.
-Ambrose Bierce
The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experiences.
-Eleanor Roosevelt
