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Quotes by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Man can acquire accomplishments or he can become an ani ... Read Full Quote
Before we blame, we should first see if we can't excuse ... Read Full Quote
To read means to borrow to create out of one's readings ... Read Full Quote
To receive applause for works which do not demand all o ... Read Full Quote
I am always grieved when a man of real talent dies, for ... Read Full Quote
There are people who think that everything one does wit ... Read Full Quote
A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as ... Read Full Quote
He who is in love with himself has at least this advant ... Read Full Quote
Actual aristocracy cannot be abolished by any law all t ... Read Full Quote
Affectation is a very good word when someone does not w ... Read Full Quote
He was then in his fifty-fourth year, when even in the ... Read Full Quote
It is in the gift for employing all the vicissitudes of ... Read Full Quote
I cannot say whether things will get better if we chang ... Read Full Quote
Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not hav ... Read Full Quote
Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real gen ... Read Full Quote
The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is th ... Read Full Quote
One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - ... Read Full Quote
What a blessing it would be if we could open and shut o ... Read Full Quote
First there is a time when we believe everything, then ... Read Full Quote
Don't judge a man by his opinions, but what his opinion ... Read Full Quote
Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought ... Read Full Quote
To do just the opposite is also a form of imitation. ... Read Full Quote
With most men, unbelief in one thing springs from blind ... Read Full Quote