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Georg C. Lichtenberg Quotes

Georg C. Lichtenberg quotes

Deutsch Scientist, Writer July 1, 1742 – February 24, 1799

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Georg C. Lichtenberg quote: "Man loves company - even if it is only that of a small burning..."
Man loves company - even if it is only that of a small burning candle. Georg C. Lichtenberg
Georg C. Lichtenberg quote: "I am convinced we do not only love ourselves in others but..."
I am convinced we do not only love ourselves in others but hate ourselves in others too. Georg C. Lichtenberg
Georg C. Lichtenberg quote: "He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage -..."
He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage - he won't encounter many rivals. Georg C. Lichtenberg
To be content with life or to live merrily, rather all that is required is that we bestow on all things only a fleeting, superficial glance; the more thoughtful we become the more earnest we grow. Georg C. Lichtenberg
It is in the gift for employing all the vicissitudes of life to one's own advantage and to that of one's craft that a large part of genius consists. Georg C. Lichtenberg
Georg C. Lichtenberg quote: "Everything that matters in life flows through tubes."
Everything that matters in life flows through tubes. Georg C. Lichtenberg
I am confident of my ability to demonstrate that one can sometimes believe in something and yet not believe in it. Nothing is less fathomable than the systems that motivate our actions. Georg C. Lichtenberg
Georg C. Lichtenberg quote: "We say that someone occupies an official position, whereas it..."
We say that someone occupies an official position, whereas it is the official position that occupies him. Georg C. Lichtenberg
You believe I run after the strange because I do not know the beautiful; no, it is because you do not know the beautiful that I seek the strange. Georg C. Lichtenberg
In his Comedy, Dante Alighieri names Virgil, with many tokens of respect, as his teacher, and yet, as Herr Meinhard remarks, makes such ill use of him: a clear proof that even in the days of Dante one praised the ancients without knowing why. This respect for poets one does not understand and yet wishes to equal is the source of the bad writing in our literature. Georg C. Lichtenberg
There is something in our minds like sunshine and the weather, which is not under our control. When I write, the best things come to me from I know not where. Georg C. Lichtenberg
Georg C. Lichtenberg quote: "The noble simplicity in the works of nature only too often..."
The noble simplicity in the works of nature only too often originates in the noble shortsightedness of him who observes it. Georg C. Lichtenberg
We cannot remember too often that when we observe nature, and especially the ordering of nature, it is always ourselves alone we are observing. Georg C. Lichtenberg
With a pen in my hand I have successfully stormed bulwarks from which others armed with sword and excommunication have been repulsed. Georg C. Lichtenberg
Georg C. Lichtenberg quote: "God created man in His own image, says the Bible; philosophers..."
God created man in His own image, says the Bible; philosophers reverse the process: they create God in theirs. Georg C. Lichtenberg

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