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Albert Einstein

The man who regards his own life and that of his fellow creatures as meaningless is not merely unhappy but hardly fit for life.

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[life] See: [BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH], [BIG AS LIFE], [CAT HAS NINE LIVES], [CHARMED LIFE], [COME ALIVE OT COME TO LIFE], [FACTS OF LIFE], [FOR DEAR LIFE], [FOR THE LIFE […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Albert Einstein

(1879-1955) physicist, author of theory of relativity. "Albert Einstein reshaped our cosmos by supplanting long-treasured concepts of physics with shockingly counterintuitive ideas about the nature of space and time. It […] www.english-slang.com

Albert Einstein

One of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness, from the fetters of one's own […] www.english-slang.com

Albert Einstein

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is. I believe in the latter. www.english-slang.com

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Mark Twain

(1835-1910) Martyrdom covers a multitude of sins.