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To read means to borrow to create out of one s readings is paying off one's debts.
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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Before one blames, one should always find out whether one cannot excuse. To discover little faults has been always the particularity of such brains that are a little or not at all above the average. The superior ones keep quiet or say something against the whole and the great minds transform without blaming.
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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.
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