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Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Quotes


Brief author info: Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742-1799) German physicist and writer.


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Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinion at all.
Man loves company even if only that of a small burning candle.
Perseverance can lend the appearance of dignity and grandeur to many actions, just as silence in company affords wisdom and apparent intelligence to a stupid person.
He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage-he won't encounter many rivals.
One's first step in wisdom is to question everything and one's last is to come to terms with everything.
First there is a time when we believe everything without reasons, 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 everything.
A book is a mirror: if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to look out.
To read means to borrow; to create out of one s readings is paying off one's debts.
Man is a masterpiece of creation, if only because no amount of determinism can prevent him from believing that he acts as a free being.
Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together.





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A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left.
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The reason I talk to myself is because I'm the only one whose answers I accept.
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I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.

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