Quote of Georg Christoph Lichtenberg: Nothing makes one old so quickly...
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
Nothing makes one old so quickly as the ever-present thought that one is growing older.
Note
Quote source: Sudelbücher
Translation
(French, German)
See also...
Quotes about thought:
Quotes for: Age
Let no one be slow to seek wisdom when he is young nor weary in the search thereof when he is grown old. For no age is too early or too late for the health of the soul.
I speak truth, not so much as I would, but as much as I dare; and I dare a little more, as I grow older.
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