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He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage - he won't encounter many rivals.
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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Do not commence your exercises in philosophy in those regions where an error can deliver you over to the executioner.
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The most heated defenders of a science, who cannot endure the slightest sneer at it, are commonly those who have not made very much progress in it and are secretly aware of this defect.
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Man loves company - even if it is only that of a small burning candle.
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