To be content with life or to live merrily, rather all that is require…

Georg C. 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. ✨ Aphorisms. Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook K 29, 1799.
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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. ✨ Aphorisms. Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook K 29, 1799.

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