G C Lichtenberg

G C Lichtenberg: A clever child...

G C Lichtenberg: A clever child...

A clever child brought up with a foolish one can itself become foolish. Man is so perfectable and corruptible he can...

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G C Lichtenberg: Doubt everything at...

G C Lichtenberg: Doubt everything at...

Doubt everything at least once, even the sentence Two times two is four.

Source: In...

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G C Lichtenberg: As the few...

G C Lichtenberg: As the few...

As the few adepts in such things well know, universal morality is to be found in little everyday penny-events just as...

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G C Lichtenberg: Affectation is a...

G C Lichtenberg: Affectation is a...

Affectation is a very good word when someone does not wish to confess to what he would none the less like to believe...

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G C Lichtenberg: Before we blame...

G C Lichtenberg: Before we blame...

Before we blame we should first see whether we cannot excuse.

Source: Aphorisms,...

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G C Lichtenberg: A schoolteacher or...

G C Lichtenberg: A schoolteacher or...

A schoolteacher or professor cannot educate individuals, he educates only species.

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G C Lichtenberg: Doubt must be...

G C Lichtenberg: Doubt must be...

Doubt must be no more than vigilance, otherwise it can become dangerous.

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G C Lichtenberg: Cautiousness in judgment...

G C Lichtenberg: Cautiousness in judgment...

Cautiousness in judgment is nowadays to be recommended to each and every one: if we gained only one incontestable...

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G C Lichtenberg: Be wary of...

G C Lichtenberg: Be wary of...

Be wary of passing the judgment: obscure. To find something obscure poses no difficulty: elephants and poodles find...

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G C Lichtenberg: Books are a...

G C Lichtenberg: Books are a...

Books are a mirror: if an ass peers into them, you can't expect an apostle to look out.

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G C Lichtenberg: A vacuum of...

G C Lichtenberg: A vacuum of...

A vacuum of ideas affects people differently than a vacuum of air, otherwise readers of books would be constantly...

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G C Lichtenberg: First we have...

G C Lichtenberg: First we have...

First we have to believe, and then we believe.

Source: Aphorisms, Notebook K, aph....

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G C Lichtenberg: Delight at having...

G C Lichtenberg: Delight at having...

Delight at having understood a very abstract and obscure system leads most people to believe in the truth of what it...

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G C Lichtenberg: I cannot say...

G C Lichtenberg: I cannot say...

I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get...

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G C Lichtenberg: Every man has...

G C Lichtenberg: Every man has...

Every man has his moral backside which he refrains from showing unless he has to and keeps covered as long as possible...

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G C Lichtenberg: Actual aristocracy cannot...

G C Lichtenberg: Actual aristocracy cannot...

Actual aristocracy cannot be abolished by any law: all the law can do is decree how it is to be imparted and who is to...

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G C Lichtenberg: Get your mind...

G C Lichtenberg: Get your mind...

Get your mind accustomed to doubting and your heart to being conciliatory.

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G C Lichtenberg: Erudition can produce...

G C Lichtenberg: Erudition can produce...

Erudition can produce foliage without bearing fruit.

Source: Aphorisms, Notebook C,...

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G C Lichtenberg: If it were...

G C Lichtenberg: If it were...

If it were true what in the end would be gained? Nothing but another truth. Is this such a mighty advantage? We have...

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G C Lichtenberg: He who is...

G C Lichtenberg: He who is...

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

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