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life is short

Meaning

life is short

One should make the most of one's life, as one never knows when one will die.

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Examples

Yes, you can lose somebody overnight, yes, your whole life can be turned upside down. Life is short. It can come and go like a feather in the wind. Shania Twain

Life is short and truth works far and lives long: let us speak the truth. Arthur Schopenhauer

Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are travelling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind. Henri-Frédéric Amiel

Life is short and time is swift. English Proverb

Even when months and days are long, life is short. Japanese Proverb

Art is long and life is short. Danish Proverb

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