You make a living by what we get, you make a life by what you give – Winston Churchill
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Always laugh when you can, it is cheap medicine. Lord Byron.
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The Diplo calendar 2022 realized by Stefano Baldi is focussed on the so called “borghi”, which are quaint little villages with an interesting history and architecture, where time seems to have stopped. The calendar presents a selection of quotes of Latin wisdom.
Here is the selected quotation for the month of January:
“A life without purpose
is an aimless one”“Vita sine proposito vaga est”
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One of the many legacies left by Ed Gelbstein, who passed away few years ago, are 10 useful rules that should be carefully considered for our daily life.
They can be a practical guide for decisions we have to take or for improving our attitude.
Here are the en rules:
- Never fight with a pig. You both get dirty and the pig likes it
- Take advantage of every opportunity to keep your mouth shut
- Never argue with anybody who wears a uniform
- Never argue with an idiot. People watching will not be able to tell which of you is the idiot
- It is easier to obtain forgiveness than to obtain permission
- Don’t ask a question if you are not prepared to live with the answer
- If you want a new idea, read an old book
- If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there
- Don’t adopt a philosophy of life that does not need courage
- Never look back unless you intend to go that way
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The Diplo calendar 2021 realized by Stefano Baldi reveals some lesser known places in Italy and presents a selection of quotes referred to the role music in our everyday life.
Here is the selected quotation for the month of September:
Music is what life sounds like
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In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.
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If I could live again my life,
In the next – I’ll try,
– to make more mistakes,
I won’t try to be so perfect,
I’ll be more relaxed,
I’ll be more full – than I am now,
In fact, I’ll take fewer things seriously,
I’ll be less hygienic,
I’ll take more risks,
I’ll take more trips,
I’ll watch more sunsets,
I’ll climb more mountains,
I’ll swim more rivers,
I’ll go to more places – I’ve never been,
I’ll eat more ice creams and less lima beans,
I’ll have more real problems – and less imaginary ones,
I was one of those people who live
prudent and prolific lives –
each minute of his life,
Of course that I had moments of joy – but,
if I could go back I’ll try to have only good moments,
If you don’t know – that’s what life is made of,
Don’t lose the now!
I was one of those who never goes anywhere
without a thermometer,
without a hot-water bottle,
and without an umbrella and without a parachute,
If I could live again – I will travel light,
If I could live again – I’ll try to work bare feet
at the beginning of spring till the end of autumn,
I’ll ride more carts,
I’ll watch more sunrises and play with more children,
If I have the life to live – but now I am 85,
– and I know that I am dying …
Uknown (wrongly attributed to Jorge Luis Borges)
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And in the end it’s not the years in your life that count; it’s the life in your years
<<At times, in thinking of the future, we do well to ask ourselves, “Why I am doing this?”, “What is my real aim?”
For as time goes on, reflecting on the past, the questions will not be: “How many people endorsed me?”, “How many voted for me?”, “How many had a positive image of me?”
The real, and potentially painful, questions will be, “How much love did I put into my work?” “What did I do for the progress of our people?” “What mark did I leave on the life of society?” “What real bonds did I create?” “What positive forces did I unleash?” “How much social peace did I sow?” “What good did I achieve in the position that was entrusted to me?”>>
From: Encyclical letter “Fratelli tutti” of the Holy Father Francis on fraternity and social friendship
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