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G C Lichtenberg: To receive applause...

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To receive applause for works which do not demand all our powers hinders our advance towards a perfecting of our spirit. It usually means that thereafter we stand still.

Source: Aphorisms, Notebook K, aph. 42 (written 1765-99; tr. by R. J. Hollingdale, 1990).
-- G C Lichtenberg, (Jul 1 1742-1799), German physicist, writer; He is best known for his satirical wit ridiculing metaphysical and romantic excesses.


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