More from Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

  1. Popularizing should always be done in such a manner that one would elevate people by it. If one stoops down, one should always take care of…
  2. Sometimes men come by the name of genius in the same way that certain insects come by the name of centipede - not because they have a hundr…
  3. Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought of as including our own.
  4. The expression divine service should cease to be applied to church attendance and be applied instead to good deeds.
  5. People don't think so differently about the events of life as they talk about them.
  6. The grave is still the best shelter against the storms of destiny.
  7. One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything.
  8. The highest point a poor brain can reach from experience is the ability to find out the weaknesses of superior people.

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