A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents. — Georg C. Lichtenberg Character Copy Share Image
To read means to borrow; to create out of one s readings is paying off one's debts. — Georg C. Lichtenberg Book Copy Share Image
Never trust a man who lays his hand on his heart when he assures you of anything. — Georg C. Lichtenberg Hands Copy Share Image
The feeling of health can only be gained by sickness. — Georg C. Lichtenberg Feelings Copy Share Image
Man is so perfectable and corruptible he can become a fool through good sense. — Georg C. Lichtenberg Fool Copy Share Image
Why does a suppurating lung give so little warning and a sore on the finger so much? — Georg C. Lichtenberg Doe Copy Share Image
Even truth needs to be clad in new garments if it is to appeal to a new age. — Georg C. Lichtenberg Age Copy Share Image
One of the greatest creations of the human mind is the art of reviewing books without having read them. — Georg C. Lichtenberg Art Copy Share Image
There is something in the character of every man which cannot be broken in--the skeleton of his character; and to try to… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Broken Copy Share Image
A clever child brought up with a foolish one can itself become foolish. Man is so perfectible and corruptible he can become… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Children Copy Share Image
With God thoughts are colors, with us they are pigments-even the most abstract one may be accompanied by physical pain. — Georg C. Lichtenberg Abstract Copy Share Image
Most subjects at universities are taught for no other purpose than that they may be re-taught when the students become teachers. — Georg C. Lichtenberg Education Copy Share Image
Man is a masterpiece of creation if for no other reason than that, all the weight of evidence for determinism notwithstanding, he… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Creation Copy Share Image
It is a dangerous thing for the perfecting of our minds to gain applause by works that do not call forth the… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Applause Copy Share Image
The world is a body common to all men, changes to it bring about a change in the souls of all men… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Body Copy Share Image
People often become scholars for the same reason they become soldiers: simply because they are unfit for any other station. Their right… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Bears Copy Share Image
Those who have racked their brains to discover new proofs have perhaps been induced to do so by a compulsion they could… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Brain Copy Share Image
Cautiousness in judgment is nowadays to be recommended to each and every one: if we gained only one incontestable truth every ten… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Cautiousness Copy Share Image
There are many who believe that 'Marriage is not a word - it is a sentence!' Whether you are indeed 'married' or… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Believe Copy Share Image
The natural scientists of the previous age knew less than we do and believed they were very close to the goal: we… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Age Copy Share Image
The greatest events occur without intention playing any part in them; chance makes good mistakes and undoes the most carefully planned undertaking.… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Chance Copy Share Image
Just as we outgrow a pair of trousers, we outgrow acquaintances, libraries, principles, etc., at times before they're worn out and times… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Etc Copy Share Image
The great trick of regarding small departures from the truth as the truth itself - on which is founded the entire integral… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Bases Copy Share Image
The more experiences and experiments accumulate in the exploration of nature, the more precarious the theories become. But it is not always… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Accounts Copy Share Image
It thunders, howls, roars, hisses, whistles, blusters, hums, growls, rumbles, squeaks, groans, sings, crackles, cracks, rattles, flickers, clicks, snarls, tumbles, whimpers, whines,… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Blow Copy Share Image
If nature be regarded as the teacher and we poor human beings as her pupils, the human race presents a very curious… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Add Copy Share Image
We now possess four principles of morality: 1) a philosophical: do good for its own sake, out of respect for the law;… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Character Copy Share Image
