
Quote of Émile Maximilien Paul Littré - He who would make serious use...
Biography - Émile Maximilien Paul Littré:
Born: 1801 - Died: 1881
Period:
19th century
Place of birth: France
Period:
19th century
Place of birth: France

He who would make serious use of his life must always act as though he had a long time to live and must schedule his time as though he were about to die.

Translation
(French)

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Quotes about life:


Quotes for: to live
A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts. So he loses touch with reality, and lives in a world of illusion.
"Just living is not enough," said the butterfly, "one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower."


Quotes for: to die


Quotes about time:
In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.
What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.
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