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People who never have any time on their hands are those who do the least.
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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Every condition of the soul has its own sign and expression...So you will see how hard it is to seem original without being so.
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A man has virtues enough if he deserves pardon for his faults on account of them.
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A good means to discovery is to take away certain parts of a system to find out how the rest behaves.
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There is no more important rule of conduct in the world than this: attach yourself as much as you can to people who are abler than you and yet not so very different that you cannot understand them.
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Reason now gazes above the realm of the dark but warm feelings as the Alpine peaks do above the clouds. They behold the sun more clearly and distinctly, but they are cold and unfruitful.
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I look upon book reviews as an infantile disease which new-born books are subject to.
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One of the greatest and also the commonest of faults is for men to believe that, because they never hear their shortcomings spoken of, or read about them in cold print, others can have no knowledge of them.
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Man loves company - even if it is only that of a small burning candle.
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Many a man who is willing to be shot for his belief in a miracle would have doubted, had he been present at the miracle itself.
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Astronomy is perhaps the science whose discoveries owe least to chance, in which human understanding appears in its whole magnitude, and through which man can best learn how small he is.
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To be content with life or to live merrily, rather all that is required is that we bestow on all things only a fleeting, superficial glance the more thoughtful we become the more earnest we grow.
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A book which, above all others in the world, should be forbidden, is a catalogue of forbidden books.
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The great rule: If the little bit you have is nothing special in itself, at least find a way of saying it that is a little bit special.
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Honor is infinitely more valuable than positions of honor.
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The girl who reveals herself heart and soul to her friend reveals the secrets of the entire sex for every girl is the guardian of the feminine mysteries.
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A clever child brought up with a foolish one can itself become foolish. Man is so perfectible and corruptible he can become a fool through good sense.
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Be attentive, feel nothing in vain, measure and compare: this is the whole law of philosophy.
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The feeling of health can only be gained by sickness.
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