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.


B 22 - Aphorisms (1765-1799) - Notebook B (1768-1771)

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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...