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title: "2 Fleeting Superficial Quotes by 2 authors"
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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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georg-c-lichtenberg/to-be-content-with-life-or-to-live-merrily-rather-all-that-is/)

[Georg C. Lichtenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georg-c-lichtenberg/)

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> [We are all alone, trapped in these bodies and our own minds, and whatever company we have in this life is only fleeting and superficial.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-niven/we-are-all-alone-trapped-in-these-bodies-and-our-own-minds-and/)

[Jennifer Niven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-niven/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bf/jennifer-niven-2493_all-alone_we-are-all-alone-trapped-in-these-bodies_2302374.jpg)

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