Samuel JohnsonLife is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent.
About This Quote
Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent. This quote by William Hazlitt was a response to a letter from a young man who wrote to Hazlitt because he was contemplating suicide. The young man said that he wanted to kill himself because life was too hard and he could not see a way out. Hazlitt's response helped him understand that life is long, but it is also fleeting. In the end, it may be that what we have been given is just what we have been given.
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