“Life is too short to waste time on books that end badly”
“Life is too short to read a bad book.”
“Life is too short to read a bad book”
“Life is too short to read bad books or drink bad wine.”
“Life is too short to waste time complainingDon't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear”
“One can never read too little of bad, or too much of good books: bad books are intellectual poison; they destroy the mind.In order to read what is good one must make it a condition never to read what is bad; for life is short, and both time and strength limited.”