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If all mankind were suddenly to practice honesty, many thousands of people would be sure to starve.
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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French Moralist
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Every man has his moral backside which he refrains from showing unless he has to and keeps covered as long as possible with the trousers of decorum.
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Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinion at all.
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If this is philosophy it is at any rate a philosophy that is not in its right mind.
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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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Universal morality is to be found in little everyday penny-events just as much as in great ones.
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He who says he hates every kind of flattery, and says it in earnest, certainly does not yet know every kind of flattery.
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