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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.
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
Mathematician
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København
Going
Idealism
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Castles
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