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I look upon book reviews as an infantile disease which new-born books are subject to.
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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A man has virtues enough if he deserves pardon for his faults on account of them.
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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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Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinion at all.
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We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already.
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