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Quotes by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

"Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinions at all."
By Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
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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 eyes!"
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"Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought of as including our own."
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"When a book and a head collide and there is a hollow sound, is it always from the book?"
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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 eyes."
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"The proof that man is the noblest of all creatures is that no other creature has ever denied it."
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"A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents."
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"Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together."
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"To do just the opposite is also a form of imitation."
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"Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together."
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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 believe."
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"With most men, unbelief in one thing springs from blind belief in another."
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"With most men, unbelief in one thing springs from blind belief in another."
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"There are people who think that everything one does with a serious face is sensible."
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"I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better."
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"With most people unbelief in one thing is founded upon blind belief in another."
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"Man is a gregarious animal and much more so in his mind than in his body. A golden rule; judge men not by their opinions but by what their opinions have made of them."
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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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"Man can acquire accomplishments or he can become an animal, whichever he wants. God makes the animals, man makes himself."
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"Before we blame, we should first see if we can't excuse."
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"To read means to borrow to create out of one's readings is paying off one's debts."
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"To receive applause for works which do not demand all our powers hinders our advance towards a perfecting of our spirit. It usua"
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"I am always grieved when a man of real talent dies, for the world needs such men more than heaven does."
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"There are people who think that everything one does with a serious face is sensible."
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"A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents."
By Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
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