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They do not think, therefore they are not.
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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Physicist
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Never undertake anything unless you have the heart to ask Heaven's blessing on your undertaking.
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Many a man who is willing to be shot for his belief in a miracle would have doubted, had he been present at the miracle itself.
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