137 Quotations by Georg C. Lichtenberg
- 41. If another Messiah was born he could hardly do so much good as the printing press.
- 42. If moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime.
- 43. If people should ever start to do only what is necessary millions would die of hunger.
- 44. If there were only turnips and potatoes in the world, someone would complain that plants grow the wr ...
- 45. If this is philosophy it is at any rate a philosophy that is not in its right mind.
- 46. If we make a couple of discoveries here and there, we need not believe things will go on like this f ...
- 47. If you are going to build something in the air it is always better to build castles than houses of c ...
- 48. In each of us there is a little of all of us.
- 49. It is a golden rule not to judge men by their opinions but rather by what their opinions make of the ...
- 50. It is a question whether, when we break a murderer on the wheel, we do not fall into the error a chi ...
- 51. It is almost everywhere the case that soon after it is begotten the greater part of human wisdom is ...
- 52. It is hardly to be believed how spiritual reflections when mixed with a little physics can hold peop ...
- 53. It is in the gift for employing all the vicissitudes of life to one's own advantage and to that of o ...
- 54. It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say; when one h ...
- 55. It is said that truth comes from the mouths of fools and children: I wish every good mind which feel ...
- 56. It is too bad if you have to do everything upon reflection and can't do anything from early habit.
- 57. It often takes more courage to change one's opinion than to stick to it.
- 58. Just as the performance of the vilest and most wicked deeds requires spirit and talent, so even the ...
- 59. Just as we outgrow a pair of trousers, we outgrow acquaintances, libraries, principles, etc., at tim ...
- 60. Man can acquire accomplishments or he can become an animal, whichever he wants. God makes the animal ...
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