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Doubt everything at least once, even the sentence Two times two is four.
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
Philosopher
Physicist
Scientist
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København
Doubt
Least
Four
Times
Two
Everything
Even
Sentence
Sentences
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I am always grieved when a man of real talent dies. The world needs such men more than Heaven does.
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The highest level than can be reached by a mediocre but experienced mind is a talent for uncovering the weaknesses of those greater than itself.
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