Quote of Georg Christoph Lichtenberg: How happy many people would be...
Biography - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg:
German physicist, satirist and Anglophile.
Born: 1742 - Died: 1799
Period:
18th century
Place of birth: Germany
Born: 1742 - Died: 1799
Period:
18th century
Place of birth: Germany
How happy many people would be if they cared about other people's affairs as little as about their own.
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Translation
(French, German)
See also...
Quotes about happiness:
Happiness is the goal of philosophy. Or to be more precise, the goal of philosophy is wisdom, and therefore happiness.
Happiness is not easily won; it is hard to find it in ourselves and impossible to find it elsewhere.
Quotes about others:
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