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Life Quotes by John Fowles
- There comes a time in each life like a point of fulcrum. At that time you must accept yourself. It is not any more what…
- Content is a word unknown to life; it is also a word unknown to man.
- I am going to explain to you why we went to war. Why mankind always does to war. It is not social or political. It…
- Only fools think our attitude to our fellow men is a thing distinct from our attitude to 'lesser' life on this planet.
- If you want to be true to life, start lying about it
- The most important questions in life can never be answered by anyone except oneself.
- I love making, I love doing. I love being to the full, I love everything which is not sitting and watching and copying and dead…
- It's despair at the lack of feeling, of love, of reason in the world. It's despair that anyone can even contemplate the idea of dropping…
- Think. In a minute from now you could be saying, I risked death. I threw for life, and I won life. It is a very…
- That's the trouble with provincial life. Everyone knows everyone and there is no mystery. No romance.
- Do you know that every great thing in the history of art and every beautiful thing in life is actually what you call nasty or…
- There comes a time in each life like a point of fulcrum. At that time you must accept yourself. It is not anymore what you…
More Life Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle