"Sitting is better than standing, and lying is better than sitting,

Better than lying, asleep, and better than sleeping: dead. »

Arthur Schopenhauer, Poems, translated by Métayer Guillaume in Catastrophes No. 45:

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asleep is better than dead
lying down is better than asleep
sitting is better than lying down
walking is better than sitting
running is better than walking

sprinting endlessly, absolute tension over and against every thing

The flies eat the irritated skin everywhere your body can touch
eyes-on-fire, wretchedness and pain in every thought

two directions in a fork... which one will you choose?