There are two ways of extending life: firstly by moving the… - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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There are two ways of extending life: firstly by moving the two points "born" and "died" farther away from one another... The other method is to go more slowly and leave the two points wherever God wills they should be, and this method is for the philosophers.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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

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Here take back the stuff that I am, nature, knead it back into the dough of being, make of me a bush, a cloud, whatever you will, even a man, only no longer make me me.

Если человек пишет, то пишет он хорошо или плохо - видно сразу. Но если человек ничего не пишет и сидит смирно, то делает он это благодаря уму или по невежеству - вот этого не в состоянии распознать ни один смертный.

Populairer Vortrag heißt heutzutage nur zu oft der, wodurch die Menge in den Stand gesetzt wird, von etwas zu sprechen, ohne es zu verstehen.

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