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What concerns me alone I only think, what concerns my friends I tell them, what can be of interest to only a limited public I write, and what the world ought to know is printed.
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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Nowadays three witty turns of phrase and a lie make a writer.
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Propositions on which all men are in agreement are true: if they are not true we have no truth at all.
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The most dangerous untruths are truths slightly distorted.
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Reason now gazes above the realm of the dark but warm feelings as the Alpine peaks do above the clouds. They behold the sun more clearly and distinctly, but they are cold and unfruitful.
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The man was such an intellectual he was of almost no use.
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Astronomy is perhaps the science whose discoveries owe least to chance, in which human understanding appears in its whole magnitude, and through which man can best learn how small he is.
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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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Man is to be found in reason, God in the passions.
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Never undertake anything unless you have the heart to ask Heaven's blessing on your undertaking.
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