The famous and complete sentence reads: " Learn as if you were to live life, and live as if you were to die tomorrow. " Its author is Charles Chaplin, Charlot ( 1889-1977 ) author, actor, composer, comedian, film director, screenwriter, writer, and editor. The phrase means the human being must be in permanent learning, open to all tendencies of art and life, permanent training, since it has to suck to eternity, without thinking that it is outdated and fleeting, so it will be strengthened and will keep alive their aspirations. The second part of the sentence, although it is not included, means that life should be used with all intensity, since it is short. The occupation decreases and cancels the tedium and oa melancholy.