The shortness of life cannot dissuade us from its pleasures, nor console us for its pains. — Luc de Clapiers Copy Share Image
Though we seem grieved at the shortness of life in general, we are wishing every period of it at an end. The… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
A democracy,- that is a government of all the people, by all the people, for all the people; of course, a government… — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
Consider in what condition both in body and soul a man should be when he is overtaken by death; and consider the… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“To be honest, my life has exhibited many strange and sometimes troubling characteristics, but shortness is not one of them. It feels… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
O gentlemen, the time of life is short! To spend that shortness basely were too long, If life did ride upon a… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
We all sorely complain of the shortness of time, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
It was long assumed that heart disease manifested the same in men and women. But Dr. Legato found that men may experience… — Jed Diamond Copy Share Image
To finish the moment, to find the journey's end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
[In the Royal Society, there] has been, a constant Resolution, to reject all the amplifications, digressions, and swellings of style: to return… — Thomas Sprat Copy Share Image
![“[In the Royal Society, there] has been, a constant Resolution, to reject all the amplifications, digressions, and swellings of style: to return back to the primitive purity, and shortness, when men deliver'd so many things, almost in an equal number of words. They have exacted from all their…” quote by Thomas Sprat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a68/thomas-sprat-35591_all-things_in-the-royal-society-there-has-been-a-co_1937927.jpg)