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Never undertake anything unless you have the heart to ask Heaven's blessing on your undertaking.

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
Mathematician
Philosopher
Physicist
Scientist
University Teacher
Writer
København
Anything
Heart
Undertaking
Never
Undertake
Undertakings
Blessing
Unless
Asks
Heaven

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