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We had common interests in the beauty of the French language. We both had a tremendous love of jazz. We shared dreams of getting married and having a family, living in the country, leading an idyllic life.

David Amram

Beauty

Give me life, give me pain, give me myself again.

Tori Amos

Life

Pain

The facts of life are very stubborn things.

Cleveland Amory

Life

Facts

Every writer hopes or boldly assumes that his life is in some sense exemplary, that the particular will turn out to be universal.

No wonder people are so horrible when they start life as children.

It is no wonder that people are so horrible when they start their life as children.

It was no wonder that people were so horrible when they started life as children.

Every life is a profession of faith, and exercises an inevitable and silent influence.

Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life.

Common sense is calculation applied to life.

Henri Frederic Amiel

Life

Common sense

He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature... is less liable than anyone else to miss and waste life.

Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral authority.

Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are travelling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind.

The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life, and you must accept regret.

The best path through life is the highway.

Henri Frederic Amiel

Life