The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use, we make to them; a man may live long, yet get little from life.
The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use, we make to them; a man may live long, yet get little from life. Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will. All in all, (WHAT DO I KNOW?) At the beginning stages of his philosophical career. In late 1569, a French nobleman named Michel de Montaigne was given up dead after being flung from a galloping horse. The fall was terrible that forced his friends to quickly rush closer and sadly carried his limp body home. Montaigne watched his life slipping away before his eyes. What could he do? Is death not a brutal fate that awaits every mortal? A few moments later, he snapped back to life. What a traumatic experience he had. What had he done to deserve such a sublime experience? From that day forward, the experience gave him a wake-up call to the reality of life, and how our time is too short to waste doing meaningless stuff. It shapes his perspective on li...