Famous quote by Leon Edel

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"The answer to old age is to keep one's mind busy and to go on with one's life as if it were interminable. I always admired Chekhov for building a new house when he was dying of tuberculosis"

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This quote is written / told by Leon Edel between September 9, 1907 and September 5, 1997. He/she was a famous Critic from USA. The author also have 2 other quotes.

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Voltaire, Writer

"Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey's end"

"As soon as there is life there is danger"

"Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is always interesting"

"There is more to life than increasing its speed"

"It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice"

Jose Rizal, Writer

"Life loves the liver of it"

Maya Angelou, Poet

"Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in. You will be living off stolen goods, and your muscles will atrophy"