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With a pen in my hand I have successfully stormed bulwarks from which others armed with sword and excommunication have been repulsed.
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
Philosopher
Physicist
Scientist
University Teacher
Writer
København
Pens
Hand
Excommunication
Others
Bulwarks
Hands
Stormed
Repulsed
Sword
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Armed
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Nowadays three witty turns of phrase and a lie make a writer.
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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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He who says he hates all kinds of flattery, and says so in earnest, has undoubtedly not as yet become acquainted with all kinds of it, whether in substance or in form.
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We say that someone occupies an official position, whereas it is the official position that occupies him.
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