6 Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Quotes on Ego

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes on ego

50. 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.

82. He who is enamored of himself will at least have the advantage of being inconvenienced by few rivals.

91. 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.

102. He who says he hates every kind of flattery, and says it in earnest, certainly does not yet know every kind of flattery.

104. If all else fails, the character of a man can be recognized by nothing so surely as by a jest which he takes badly.

151. The highest point a poor brain can reach from experience is the ability to find out the weaknesses of superior people.