Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann Quote

There appears to exist a greater desire to live long than to live well! Measure by man's desires, he cannot live long enough; measure by his good deeds, and he has not lived long enough; measure by his evil deeds, and he has lived too long.


Aphorisms and Reflections on Men, Morals and Things (ed. 1800)


There appears to exist a greater desire to live long than to live well! Measure by man's desires, he cannot live long enough; measure by his good...

There appears to exist a greater desire to live long than to live well! Measure by man's desires, he cannot live long enough; measure by his good...

There appears to exist a greater desire to live long than to live well! Measure by man's desires, he cannot live long enough; measure by his good...

There appears to exist a greater desire to live long than to live well! Measure by man's desires, he cannot live long enough; measure by his good...