More from Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

  1. The late M. who had a Catholic maid, once told me entirely bona fide: This person is a Catholic, it is true, but she is an honest, good sou…
  2. Theologians always try to turn the Bible into a book without common sense.
  3. The intercourse with reasonable people is advisable to everybody because, in this way, a blockhead can become wise by imitation, for the gr…
  4. There are people that can believe everything they want. These are happy creatures.
  5. The highest point a poor brain can reach from experience is the ability to find out the weaknesses of superior people.
  6. There can hardly be stranger wares in the world than books: printed by people who do not understand them; sold by people who do not underst…
  7. The grave is still the best shelter against the storms of destiny.
  8. There is a great difference between still believing something and again believing it.

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