“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: clear proof that even in the days of Dante one praised the… — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
“...if we gained only one incontestable truth every ten years from each of our philosophical writers the harvest we reaped would be sufficient.” — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Copy Share
A book is a mirror: If an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to look out — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Copy Share
Man loves company even if only that of a small burning candle — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Copy Share
“It is impossible to have bad taste, but many people have none at all.” — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Copy Share
Nothing is more conductive to peace of mind than not having any opinions at all. — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Copy Share
“The most brightly colored birds sing the worst; the same goes for people.” — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Copy Share
“To make clever people believe we are what we are not is in most instances harder than really to become what we want to… — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Copy Share
“After all, is our idea of God anything more than personified incomprehensibility? {Said in a letter to Voltaire }” — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Copy Share
“I would give something to know for precisely whom the deeds were really done, of which it is publicly stated they were done 'for… — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Copy Share
“In his Comedy , Dante Alighieri names Virgil, with many tokens of respect, as his teacher, and yet as Herr Meinhard remarks, makes such… — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Copy Share
“The most dangerous of all falsehoods is a slightly distorted truth.” — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Copy Share
I cannot stop thinking that I died before I was born and that at my death I will return to the same state. — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Copy Share
“Don't judge a man by his opinions, but what his opinions have made of him.” — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Copy Share
“A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.” — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Copy Share
“The fly that does not want to be swatted is safest if it sits on the fly-swat.” — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Copy Share
