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I forget most of what I read, just as I do most of what I have eaten, but I know that both contribute no less to the conservation of my mind and my body on that account.
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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It is a sure evidence of a good book if it pleases us more and more as we grow older.
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The celebrated painter Gainsborough got as much pleasure from seeing violins as from hearing them.
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A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.
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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.
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Man is a masterpiece of creation . . .
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