German - Scientist | July 1, 1742 - February 24, 1799
Man loves company - even if it is only that of a small burning candle.
Georg C. Lichtenberg
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Sickness is mankind's greatest defect.
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If you are going to build something in the air it is always better to build castles than houses of cards.
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There is no greater impediment to progress in the sciences than the desire to see it take place too quickly.
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We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already.
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Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinion at all.
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Men still have to be governed by deception.
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The Greeks possessed a knowledge of human nature we seem hardly able to attain to without passing through the strengthening hibernation of a new barbarism.
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I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better.
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Even truth needs to be clad in new garments if it is to appeal to a new age.
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Just as we outgrow a pair of trousers, we outgrow acquaintances, libraries, principles, etc., at times before they're worn out and times - and this is the worst of all - before we have new ones.
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Nothing makes one old so quickly as the ever-present thought that one is growing older.
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