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A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments.
Georg C. Lichtenberg
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Georg C. Lichtenberg
Age: 56 †
Born: 1742
Born: July 1
Died: 1799
Died: February 24
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The fly that doesn't want to be swatted is most secure when it lights on the fly-swatter.
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I am always grieved when a man of real talent dies. The world needs such men more than Heaven does.
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A good method of discovery is to imagine certain members of a system removed and then see how what is left would behave: for example, where would we be if iron were absent from the world: this is an old example.
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