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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.
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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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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One is rarely an impulsive innovator after the age of sixty, but one can still be a very fine orderly and inventive thinker. One rarely procreates children at that age, but one is all the more skilled at educating those who have already been procreated, and education is procreation of another kind.
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It is a sure evidence of a good book if it pleases us more and more as we grow older.
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To do the opposite of something is also a form of imitation, namely an imitation of its opposite.
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Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinion at all.
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Libraries can in general be too narrow or too wide for the soul.
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