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It is too bad if you have to do everything upon reflection and can't do anything from early habit.
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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That man is the noblest creature may also be inferred from the fact that no other creature has yet contested this claim.
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I am always grieved when a man of real talent dies. The world needs such men more than Heaven does.
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The fruits of philosophy are the important thing, not the philosophy itself. When we ask the time, we don't want to know how watches are made.
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Is it not strange that mankind should so willingly battle for religion and so unwillingly live according to its precepts?
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