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Life is too short for a long story.

Quote by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu about life

A short piece of work means as much to me as a long piece of work.

Quote by Harold Pinter about contentment, work

Beauty, sweet love, is like the morning dew, Whose short refresh upon tender green, Cheers for a time, but till the sun doth show And straight is gone, as it had never been.

Quote by Samuel Daniel about love, sun, beauty, time

I believe that each human being has within himself or herself at least one poem or short story, or perhaps even a full length book.

Quote by Dee Brown about literature, faith, human imperfections, being

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.

Quote by Izaak Walton about opinion, companies, good, good luck

The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once.

Quote by Samuel Smiles about opinion, things

The angel of the Family is Woman. Mother, wife, or sister, Woman is the caress of life, the soothing sweetness of affection shed over its toils, a reflection for the individual of the loving providence which watches over Humanity. In her there is...

Quote by Giuseppe Mazzini about woman, kiss, faith, family, children, future, mother, affection, treasure, symbol

Our lives are universally shortened by our ignorance.

Quote by Herbert Spencer about ignorance

We should never hate. We have so short time to live.

Quote by Maxence Van der Meersch about hate, time

Star Star, my only star, in the poverty of the night, alone, for me, alone, you shine, in loneliness you shine; But, for me, star that never will stop from lighting, a too short time is granted you, you lavish me a light that...

Quote by Giuseppe Ungaretti about poetry, celebrity, solitude, despair, poverty, contentment, night, light, nothing, time

Life is too short to read bad books.

Quote by Gerhart Hauptmann about books, bad luck, bad, life

To the Moon Oh gracious moon, now as the year turns, I remember how, heavy with sorrow, I climbed this hill to gaze on you, And then as now you hung above those trees Illuminating all. But to my eyes Your face seemed clouded, temulous...

Quote by Giacomo Leopardi about light, moon, sadness, youth, memory, tears, pain, eyes, past, hope

Fate is like gravity. You can jump up and down until your heart’s content, but the earth still falls into the sun, and the sun still courses through the galaxy, both indifferent to your short-lived and insignificant defiance.

Quote by Mark Amend about destiny, sun, defiance, earth, heart, thinking, contentment

Love is so short, forgetting is so long.

Quote by Pablo Neruda about forgetness, love

I claim the right to manage, as I consider fit, in a very short life, the solidarities and indifference.

Quote by Radu Mares about life, indifference, rightness

The latest definition of an optimist is one who fills up his crossword puzzle in ink.

Quote by Clement King Shorter about optimism

The Autumn, a very short rout of leaves.

Quote by Cleopatra Lorintiu about autumn

Feel like life has somehow short changed you? Recount your blessings one by one.

Quote by Robert M. Hensel about life, contentment

Most of the people who will walk after me will be children, so make the beat keep time with short steps.

Quote by Hans Christian Andersen about life, children, time, people

You're only here for a short visit. Don't hurry. Don't worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.

Quote by Walter Hagen about flowers, spring