“How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life”
Variant: How ridiculous and unrealistic is the man who is astonished at anything that happens in life.
Source: Meditations
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Marcus Aurelius 400
Emperor of Ancient Rome 121–180Related quotes
Variant translation:
What would have happened if she had not lost that necklace? Who knows? Who knows? How singular life is, how changeable! What a little thing it takes to save you or to lose you.
La Parure (The Necklace) (1884)
“It doesn't matter how anything happens.”
Variant: It doesn't matter what you do because it's going to happen anyway.
Source: The Favorite Game
The New York Times (26 November 1978)
“It's strange how the simple things in life go on while we become more difficult.”
“It is surprising how long it takes to do a simple addition when your life depends on the answer.”
Breaking Strain, p. 172
2000s and posthumous publications, The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001)
“In life, the important is not what happens, but how we deal with it.”
Original: Nella vita, l'importante non è ciò che accade, ma come lo si affronta.
Source: prevale.net