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title: "7 Living Merely Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Living Merely quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Living Merely sayings and thoughts."
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> [This life of yours which you are living is not merely a piece of this entire existence, but in a certain sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erwin-schrodinger/this-life-of-yours-which-you-are-living-is-not-merely-a-piece-of-this/)

[Erwin Schrodinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erwin-schrodinger/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/332/erwin-schrodinger-8450_certain_this-life-of-yours-which-you-are-living_775313.jpg)

> [A couple who go on living together merely because that was how they began, without any other reason: was that what we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simone-de-beauvoir/a-couple-who-go-on-living-together-merely-because-that-was-how-they/)

[Simone de Beauvoir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simone-de-beauvoir/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcb/simone-de-beauvoir-407_couple_a-couple-who-go-on-living-together-merel_858120.jpg)

> [The living is merely a type of what is dead, and a very rare type.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/the-living-is-merely-a-type-of-what-is-dead-and-a-very-rare-type/)

[Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c1/friedrich-nietzsche-15_life_the-living-is-merely-a-type-of-what-is-d_1438940.jpg)

> [A life without passion is not living, it's merely existing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-buscaglia/a-life-without-passion-is-not-living-it-s-merely-existing/)

[Leo Buscaglia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-buscaglia/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2f/leo-buscaglia-1308_funny_a-life-without-passion-is-not-living-it_1872147.png)

> [If you aren't being yourself you aren't truly living you're merely existing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-reyes/if-you-aren-t-being-yourself-you-aren-t-truly-living-you-re-merely/)

[JOHN REYES](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-reyes/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4af/john-reyes-15876_be-yourself_if-you-aren-t-being-yourself-you-aren-t_2039321.jpg)

> [...living is merely the chaos of existence...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yukio-mishima/living-is-merely-the-chaos-of-existence/)

[Yukio Mishima](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yukio-mishima/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ca/yukio-mishima-1418_chaos_living-is-merely-the-chaos-of-existence_2237594.jpg)

> [It is remarkable that there is little or nothing to be remembered written on the subject of getting a living: how to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/it-is-remarkable-that-there-is-little-or-nothing-to-be-remembered/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28b/henry-david-thoreau-20_glorious_it-is-remarkable-that-there-is-little-or_2607101.jpg)

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