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Georg C. Lichtenberg Quotes

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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: "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
Here take back the stuff that I am, nature, knead it back into the dough of being, make of me a bush, a cloud, whatever you will, even a man, only no longer make me me. Georg C. Lichtenberg
Georg C. Lichtenberg quote: "Man is to be found in reason, God in the passions."
Man is to be found in reason, God in the passions. Georg C. Lichtenberg
Georg C. Lichtenberg quote: "Much can be inferred about a man from his mistress: in her one..."
Much can be inferred about a man from his mistress: in her one beholds his weaknesses and his dreams. Georg C. Lichtenberg
Man…who lives in three places – in the past, in the present, and in the future – can be unhappy if one of these three is worthless. Religion has even added a fourth – eternity. Georg C. Lichtenberg
Man is a masterpiece of creation if for no other reason than that, all the weight of evidence for determinism notwithstanding, he believes he has free will. Georg C. Lichtenberg
Georg C. Lichtenberg quote: "Don't judge a man by his opinions, but what his opinions have..."
Don't judge a man by his opinions, but what his opinions have made of him. Georg C. Lichtenberg
I believe that man is in the last resort so free a being that his right to be what he believes himself to be cannot be contested. Georg C. Lichtenberg
The most perfect ape cannot draw an ape; only man can do that; but, likewise, only man regards the ability to do this as a sign of superiority. Georg C. Lichtenberg
Georg C. Lichtenberg quote: "If all else fails, the character of a man can be recognized by..."
If all else fails, the character of a man can be recognized by nothing so surely as by a jest which he takes badly. Georg C. Lichtenberg
Georg C. Lichtenberg quote: "That man is the noblest creature may also be inferred from the..."
That man is the noblest creature may also be inferred from the fact that no other creature has yet contested this claim. Georg C. Lichtenberg
Georg C. Lichtenberg quote: "The man was such an intellectual he was of almost no use."
The man was such an intellectual he was of almost no use. Georg C. Lichtenberg
Every man has his moral backside which he refrains from showing unless he has to and keeps covered as long as possible with the trousers of decorum. Georg C. Lichtenberg
Georg C. Lichtenberg quote: "With prophecies the commentator is often a more important man..."
With prophecies the commentator is often a more important man than the prophet. Georg C. Lichtenberg

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