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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
Astronomer
French Moralist
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He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage - he won't encounter many rivals.
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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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One use of dreams is that, unprejudiced by our often forced and artificial reflections, they represent the impartial outcome of our entire being.
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What a blessing it would be if we could open and shut our ears...as easily as we open and shut our eyes.
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