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In each of us there is a little of all of us.
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
Mathematician
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Physicist
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A good method of discovery is to imagine certain members of a system removed and then see how what is left would behave: for example, where would we be if iron were absent from the world: this is an old example.
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One should never trust a person who, while assuring you of something, puts his hands on his heart.
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Man loves company - even if it is only that of a small burning candle.
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He who knows himself properly can very soon learn to know all other men. It is all reflection.
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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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A good means to discovery is to take away certain parts of a system to find out how the rest behaves.
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Never undertake anything for which you wouldn't have the courage to ask the blessings of heaven.
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