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What you have been obliged to discover by yourself leaves a path in your mind which you can use again when the need arises.

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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