The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Life is like unto a long journey with a heavy burden.
There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.
Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul.
The line between life or death is determined by what we are willing to do.
Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life.
Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.
Duty is too often what one expects from others and not what one does.
If we are striving, if we are working, if we are trying, to the best of our ability, to improve day by day, then we are in the line of our duty.
'Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it.
Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure and not be spoiled.
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