To be content with life — or to live merrily, rather — all … - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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To be content with life — or to live merrily, rather — all that is required is that we bestow on all things only a fleeting, superficial glance; the more thoughtful we become the more earnest we grow.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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About Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1 July 1742 – 24 February 1799) was a German scientist, satirist, and philosopher.

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Alternative Names: Conrad Photorin

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Cuando se empieza a ver todo en todo, la manera de expresarse suele volverse más oscura. Se empieza a hablar con lengua de ángel […].

Ante Dios sólo hay reglas o en realidad sólo hay una regla y ninguna excepción. Como ignoramos la regla superior inventamos reglas generales que no lo son, y hasta sería posible que, aun para los seres finitos, lo que llamamos reglas no fueran sino excepciones.

The greatest things in the world are brought about by other things which we count as nothing: little causes we overlook but which at length accumulate

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