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Carpe Diem

«I wanted to convince you that you must learn to make every act count, since you are going to be here for only a short while, in fact, too short for witnessing all the marvels of it.»
«I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be resigned and tell myself that flies are born to be eaten by spiders and man to be devoured by sorrow.»
Author: Voltaire (Philosopher, Writer) | About: Act, Carpe Diem | Keywords: lived, resigning, resigns, spiders
«Today's egg is better than tomorrow's hen»
Author: Turkish Proverb | About: Carpe Diem | Keywords: egg, good egg, hen, hens