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Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Quotes

«The most dangerous of all falsehoods is a slightly distorted truth»
«A book is a mirror: If an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to look out»
«Some men come by the name of genius in the same way as an insect comes by the name of centipede - not because it has a hundred feet, but because most people can't count above fourteen»
«One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything»
«I cannot stop thinking that I died before I was born and that at my death I will return to the same state»
«Much can be inferred about a man from his mistress: in her one beholds his weaknesses and his dreams.»
«To read means to borrow; to create out of one's readings is paying off one's debts»
«Some people read because they are too lazy to think.»
«He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage - he won't encounter many rivals.»
«The thoughts written on the walls of madhouses by their inmates might be worth publicizing.»
Author: Georg Christoph Lichtenberg | About: Insanity | Keywords: inmates

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