More from Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

  1. Just as we outgrow a pair of trousers, we outgrow acquaintances, libraries, principles, etc., at times before they're worn out and times - …
  2. Most subjects at universities are taught for no other purpose than that they may be retaught when the students become teachers.
  3. If moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime.
  4. My head lies at least a foot closer to my heart than is the case with other men: that is why I am so reasonable.
  5. If another Messiah was born he could hardly do so much good as the printing-press.
  6. My inquiries into physics could perhaps be given the title: legacies. For people do also bequeath trifles, after all.
  7. I have scattered seeds of ideas on almost every page which, if they fall on the right soil, may grow into chapters and even whole dissertat…
  8. Never undertake anything for which you wouldn't have the courage to ask the blessing of heaven.

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