"Every moment of life is a step toward the grave. [Fr., Chaque instant de la vie est un pas vers la mort.]"

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Prosper Jolyot de Crebillon

#Life Quotes #Steps Quotes #Moments Quotes

“I just grew the hair on my back. Facial hair just wasn't appealing to me. I liked it on my back, though.”
“Those have most power to hurt us, that we love.”

Source : The Maid's Tragedy act 5 (written 1610 - 1611). Coauthored with John Fletcher.
“I am acquainted with a wife and mother who is chained securely at the present time to a life-style of murmuring and criticism. She is the first to point out faults in her husband or to repeat neighborhood gossip. How damaging is a habit that permits fault-finding, character assassination, and the sharing of malicious rumors! Gossip and caustic comments often create chains of contention. These chains may appear to be very small, but what misery and woe they can cause!”
“Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed.”
“We are speeding up our lives and working harder in a futile attempt to buy the time to slow down and enjoy it.”
“It's to me one simple rule. Who imposes his will on the other man?”
“I'm one of relatively few stage-trained actors who doesn't much like acting on stage. It feels kind of like riding the Cyclone at Coney Island, which I did when I was eight. When it was all over, I was glad I had done it, but most of the time when it was actually happening, I was just kind of hanging on for dear life.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Art leads to a more profound concept of life, because art itself is a profound expression of feeling. The artist is born, and art is the expression of his overflowing soul. Because his soul is rich, he cares comparatively little about the superficial necessities of the material world; he sublimates the pressure of material affairs in an artistic experience.”

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