Anthony Burgess (1917–1993) English writer
Non-Fiction, A Mouthful of Air: Language and Languages, Especially English (1992)
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French writer, historian, and philosopher 1694–1778Related quotes
“Tessa touched his wrist lightly with her hand. "Be brave," she said. "It's not a duck, is it?”
Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Princess
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“The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure much.”
William Hazlitt (1778–1830) English writer
"Common Places," No. 1, The Literary Examiner (September - December 1823), reprinted in The Collected Works of William Hazlitt (1902-1904)
“Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured and little to be enjoyed.”
Samuel Johnson book The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
Source: The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia (1759), Chapter 11
“But I suppose you must touch life in order to spring from it.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald book Tender Is the Night
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Malcolm Bradbury (1932–2000) English author and academic
Page 210.
Stepping Westward (1965)
“In all of living have much of fun and laughter. Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured.”
Gordon B. Hinckley (1910–2008) President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Stand True and Faithful, Ensign, May 1996, 91.