G C Lichtenberg

G C Lichtenberg: Some men come...

G C Lichtenberg: Some men come...

Some men come by the name of genius in the same way as an insect comes by the name of centipede -- not because it has...

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G C Lichtenberg: There is something...

G C Lichtenberg: There is something...

There is something in our minds like sunshine and the weather, which is not under our control. When I write, the best...

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G C Lichtenberg: Everyone is a...

G C Lichtenberg: Everyone is a...

Everyone is a genius at least once a year; a real genius has his original ideas closer...

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G C Lichtenberg: The most dangerous...

G C Lichtenberg: The most dangerous...

The most dangerous of all falsehoods is a slightly distorted truth.

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G C Lichtenberg: Never undertake anything...

G C Lichtenberg: Never undertake anything...

Never undertake anything for which you wouldn't have the courage to ask the blessing of...

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G C Lichtenberg: Now that education...

G C Lichtenberg: Now that education...

Now that education is so easy, men are drilled for greatness, just as dogs are trained to retrieve. In this way we've...

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G C Lichtenberg: He swallowed a...

G C Lichtenberg: He swallowed a...

He swallowed a lot of wisdom, but all of it seems to have gone down the wrong way.

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G C Lichtenberg: As I take...

G C Lichtenberg: As I take...

As I take up my pen I feel myself so full, so equal to my subject, and see my book so clearly before me in embryo, I...

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G C Lichtenberg: He was always...

G C Lichtenberg: He was always...

He was always smoothing and polishing himself, and in the end he became blunt before he was...

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G C Lichtenberg: A man is...

G C Lichtenberg: A man is...

A man is never more serious than when he praises himself.

Source: In

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G C Lichtenberg: I am always...

G C Lichtenberg: I am always...

I am always grieved when a man of real talent dies. The world needs such men more than Heaven...

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G C Lichtenberg: He who is...

G C Lichtenberg: He who is...

He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage -- he won't encounter many...

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G C Lichtenberg: It may not...

G C Lichtenberg: It may not...

It may not be natural for man to walk on two legs, but it was a noble invention.

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G C Lichtenberg: The writer who...

G C Lichtenberg: The writer who...

The writer who can't at times throw away a thought about which another would have written dissertations, unworried...

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G C Lichtenberg: A handful of...

G C Lichtenberg: A handful of...

A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments.

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G C Lichtenberg: A good metaphor...

G C Lichtenberg: A good metaphor...

A good metaphor is something even the police should keep an eye on.

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G C Lichtenberg: Nothing contributes more...

G C Lichtenberg: Nothing contributes more...

Nothing contributes more to a person's peace of mind than having no opinions at all.

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G C Lichtenberg: With most people...

G C Lichtenberg: With most people...

With most people disbelief in a thing is founded on a blind belief in some other thing.

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G C Lichtenberg: It often takes...

G C Lichtenberg: It often takes...

It often takes more courage to change one's opinion than to stick to it.

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G C Lichtenberg: A person reveals...

G C Lichtenberg: A person reveals...

A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.

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