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Life Quotes by Muriel Spark
- Parents learn a lot from their children about coping with life.
- Art and religion first; then philosophy; lastly science. That is the order of the great subjects of life, that's their order of importance.
- Death, when it approaches, ought not to take one by surprise. It should be part of the full expectancy of life. Without an ever-present sense…
- From my experience of life I believe my personal motto should be: 'Beware of any man bringing flowers.
- One's prime is elusive. You little girls, when you grow up, must be on the alert to recognize your prime at whatever time of your…
- Give me a girl at an impressionable age and she is mine for life.
- If I had my life over again I should form the habit of nightly composing myself to thoughts of death. I would practice, as it…
- All my pupils are the creme de la creme. Give me a girl of an impressionable age, and she is mine for life.
- Be on the alert to recognize your prime at whatever time of your life it may occur.
- All my pupils are the crme de la crme. Give me a girl of an impressionable age, and she is mine for life.
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