G. C. Lichtenberg Quotes

He who says he hates every kind of flattery, and says it in earnest, certainly does not yet know every kind of flattery.

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The human tendency to regard little things as important has produced very many great things.

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The great rule If the little bit you have is nothing special in itself, at least find a way of saying it that is a little bit special.

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There were honest people long before there were Christians and there are, God be praised, still honest people where there are no Christians.

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The fly that does not want to be swatted is safest if it sits on the fly-swatter.

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There is no more important rule of conduct in the world than this attach yourself as much as you can to people who are abler than you and yet not so very different that you cannot understand them.

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A schoolteacher or professor cannot educate individuals, he educates only species.

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We accumulate our opinions at an age when our understanding is at its weakest.

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There is no greater impediment to progress in the sciences than the desire to see it take place too quickly.

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Once we know our weaknesses they cease to do us any harm.

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I have clearly noticed that often I have one opinion when I lie down and another one when I stand up, especially when I have eaten little and when I am tired.

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The worst thing you can possibly do is worrying and thinking about what you could have done.

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A clever child brought up with a foolish one can itself become foolish. Man is so perfectable and corruptible he can become a fool through good sense.

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Once the good man was dead, one wore his hat and another his sword as he had worn them, a third had himself barbered as he had, a fourth walked as he did, but the honest man that he was -- nobody any longer wanted to be that.

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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 unfruitful.

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Doubt everything at least once, even the sentence Two times two is four.

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Sickness is mankind's greatest defect.

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That man is the noblest creature may also be inferred from the fact that no other creature has yet contested this claim.

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Books are a mirror if an ass peers into them, you can't expect an apostle to look out.

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The grave is still the best shelter against the storms of destiny.

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If an angel were ever to tell us anything of his philosophy I believe many propositions would sound like 2 times 2 equals 13.

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There exists a species of transcendental ventriloquism by means of which men can be made to believe that something said on earth comes from Heaven.

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Nothing makes one old so quickly as the ever-present thought that one is growing older. . .

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People often become scholars for the same reason they become soldiers because they are unfit for any other station. Their right hand has to earn them a livelihood one might say they lie down like bears in winter and seek sustenance from their paws.

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If all mankind were to suddenly practice honesty, thousands of people would be sure to starve.

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