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Those who never have time do least
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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København
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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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Man is a masterpiece of creation if for no other reason than that, all the weight of evidence for determinism notwithstanding, he believes he has free will.
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There is something in our minds like sunshine and the weather, which is not under our control. When I write, the best things come to me from I know not where.
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The world is a body common to all men, changes to it bring about a change in the souls of all men who are turned towards that part of it at that moment.
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Ideas too are a life and a world.
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There is something in the character of every man which cannot be broken in--the skeleton of his character and to try to alter this is like training a sheep for draught purposes.
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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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He who says he hates all kinds of flattery, and says so in earnest, has undoubtedly not as yet become acquainted with all kinds of it, whether in substance or in form.
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People who never have any time on their hands are those who do the least.
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One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything.
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A clever child brought up with a foolish one can itself become foolish. Man is so perfectible and corruptible he can become a fool through good sense.
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Many things about our bodies would not seem to us so filthy and obscene if we did not have the idea of nobility in our heads.
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We say that someone occupies an official position, whereas it is the official position that occupies him.
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Man loves company - even if it is only that of a small burning candle.
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If it were true what in the end would be gained? Nothing but another truth. Is this such a mighty advantage? We have enough old truths still to digest, and even these we would be quite unable to endure if we did not sometimes flavor them with lies.
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One of our forefathers must have read a forbidden book.
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Much reading has brought upon us a learned barbarism.
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