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Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
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Some people read because they are too lazy to thinkQuote 2901
Man loves company even if it is only that of a small burning candleMore quotes on the topics: satisfaction modesty sociability fellowship
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Much can be inferred about a man from his mistress: in her one beholds his weaknesses and his dreamsMore quotes on the topics: knowledge choice weakness dreams desires love passion
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The most dangerous of all falsehoods is a slightly distorted truthQuote 2898
A good metaphor is something even the police should keep an eye onQuote 2897
Most men of education are more superstitious than they admit - nay, than they thinkMore quotes on the topics: education personality superstition conviction honesty
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The worst thing you can possibly do is worrying and thinking about what you could have doneMore quotes on the topics: troubles doubt decision mind opportunity
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The grave is still the best shelter against the storms of destinyMore quotes on the topics: protection destiny problems death
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The most accomplished monkey cannot draw a monkey, this only man can do; just as it is also only man who regards his ability to do this as a distinct meritMore quotes on the topics: perfection animals art ability merit
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The noble simplicity in the works of nature only too often originates in the noble shortsightedness of him who observes it.More quotes on the topics: simplicity nature superficiality dependence
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If all mankind were suddenly to practice honesty, many thousands of people would be sure to starveMore quotes on the topics: mankind honesty people conviction
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Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinions at allMore quotes on the topics: indifference superficiality opinion peace mind causes
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Just as we outgrow a pair of trousers, we outgrow acquaintances, libraries, principles, etc., at times before they're worn out and times - and this is the worst of all - before we have new onesMore quotes on the topics: friendship principle time changes transience indifference superficiality replacement
Quote 2889
Theologians always try to turn the Bible into a book without common senseMore quotes on the topics: religion
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Ambition and suspicion always go togetherMore quotes on the topics: ambition suspicion dependence
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We cannot remember too often that when we observe nature, and especially the ordering of nature, it is always ourselves alone we are observingMore quotes on the topics: nature self-knowledge mind
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A vacuum of ideas affects people differently than a vacuum of air, otherwise readers of books would be constantly collapsingMore quotes on the topics: ideas difference risk
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Even truth needs to be clad in new garments if it is to appeal to a new ageMore quotes on the topics: truth necessity future changes development
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Virtue by premeditation isn't worth muchMore quotes on the topics: virtue worthlessness character
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Erudition can produce foliage without bearing fruit.Quote 2882
Reason now gazes above the realm of the dark but warm feelings as the alpine peaks do above the clouds. They behold the sun more clearly and distinctly, but they are cold and unfruitfulQuote 2881
What is the good of drawing conclusions from experience? I don't deny we sometimes draw the right conclusions, but don't we just as often draw the wrong ones?More quotes on the topics: experience decision mistakes errors
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Probably no invention came more easily to man than heavenQuote 2879
What most clearly characterizes true freedom and its true employment is its misemploymentMore quotes on the topics: truth freedom employment knowledge sign
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Every man has his moral backside which he refrains from showing unless he has to and keeps covered as long as possible with the trousers of decorumMore quotes on the topics: morality secret virtue character personality
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First there is a time when we believe everything, then for a little while we believe with discrimination, then we believe nothing whatever, and then we believe everything again - and, moreover, give reasons why we believeMore quotes on the topics: superficiality discrimination troubles reason self-development
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Those who never have time do leastMore quotes on the topics: time pressure superficiality work performance
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If moderation is a fault then indifference is a crimeMore quotes on the topics: crime indifference fault
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To do just the opposite is also a form of imitationMore quotes on the topics: opposition decision critism opinion
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It often takes more courage to change one's opinion than to stick to itMore quotes on the topics: courage opinion changes self-confidence conviction
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A clever child brought up with a foolish one can itself become foolish. Man is so perfectible and corruptible he can become a fool through good senseMore quotes on the topics: children cleverness stupidity perfection corruption fools sense
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We say that someone occupies an official position, whereas it is the official position that occupies himMore quotes on the topics: force dependence work errors
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He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage - he won't encounter many rivalsMore quotes on the topics: individualism egoism satisfaction advantage jealousy
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A book is a mirror: If an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to look outMore quotes on the topics: stupidity fools changes expectations wisdom
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I cannot stop thinking that I died before I was born and that at my death I will return to the same stateMore quotes on the topics: death birth superficiality reality fear chance
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The thoughts written on the walls of madhouses by their inmates might be worth publicizingQuote 2866
The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is the reason so many good minds are idleMore quotes on the topics: conviction ability talent reason idleness mind genius
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The most dangerous untruths are truths moderately distortedQuote 2864
An hour-glass is a reminder not only of time's quick flight, but also of the dust to which we must at last returnMore quotes on the topics: time transience sentimentality death
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To read means to borrow; to create out of one's readings is paying off one's debtsMore quotes on the topics: debt interest progress mind knowledge
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One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everythingQuote 2861
He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage, he won't encounter many rivals.More quotes on the topics: egoism advantage love jealousy loneliness individualism satisfaction
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A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resentsQuote 2859
There is no greater impediment to progress in the sciences than the desire to see it take place too quicklyMore quotes on the topics: progress science desires impatience handicap
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If there were only turnips and potatoes in the world, someone would complain that plants grow the wrong way.More quotes on the topics: complaint ingratitude world mistakes quarrel nature
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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 growMore quotes on the topics: earnings superficiality thoughtfulness self-development performance
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Men still have to be governed by deceptionMore quotes on the topics: authority leadership deception
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Never undertake anything for which you wouldn't have the courage to ask the blessings of heavenMore quotes on the topics: heaven blessing courage virtue decision
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The human tendency to regard little things as important has produced very many great thingsMore quotes on the topics: importance success perfection attention progress interest diligence
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One might call habit a moral friction: something that prevents the mind from gliding over things but connects it with them and makes it hard for it to free itself from themMore quotes on the topics: habit mind dependence liberty
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One must judge men not by their opinions, but by what their opinions have made of themMore quotes on the topics: justice opinion self-development conviction tolerance success
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Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer togetherMore quotes on the topics: genius opportunity ideas mind
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What a blessing it would be if we could open and shut our ears as easily as we open and shut our eyesMore quotes on the topics: talent indifference silence desires
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