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It is a sure evidence of a good book if it pleases us more and more as we grow older.
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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Much reading has brought upon us a learned barbarism.
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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.
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Man is a masterpiece of creation . . .
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