Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Quotes on Ego
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The most heated defenders of a science, who cannot endure the slightest sneer at it, are commonly those who have not made very much progress in it and are secretly aware of this defect.
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He who is enamored of himself will at least have the advantage of being inconvenienced by few rivals.
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The most perfect ape cannot draw an ape; only man can do that; but, likewise, only man regards the ability to do this as a sign of superiority.
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He who says he hates every kind of flattery, and says it in earnest, certainly does not yet know every kind of flattery.
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If all else fails, the character of a man can be recognized by nothing so surely as by a jest which he takes badly.
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The highest point a poor brain can reach from experience is the ability to find out the weaknesses of superior people.