A well-written Life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Living a truly good life is just as hard as writing a good biography.
- In plain terms
- Living well is as rare as writing a good book about a life.
- What can you take from it?
- A good life is hard to achieve.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you want your life to look in memory?
- What makes a life well-spent?
Another view
Some lives are good but go unrecorded.
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