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The worst thing you can possibly do is worrying and thinking about what you could have done.
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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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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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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We are obliged to regard many of our original minds as crazy at least until we have become as clever as they are.
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The American who first discovered Columbus made a bad discovery.
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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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As soon as you know a man to be blind, you imagine that you can see it from his back.
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