Truth Quotes by Georg C. Lichtenberg

9 Truth quotes by Georg C. Lichtenberg

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Georg C. Lichtenberg’s musings on truth appear in nine brief observations. His witty, Enlightenment‑era voice shines, providing a quick taste of his philosophical humor. Perfect for a brief, thought‑provoking read.

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One can live in this world on soothsaying but not on truth saying.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

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The most dangerous untruths are truths slightly distorted.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

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Propositions on which all men are in agreement are true: if they are not true we have no truth at all.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

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Even truth needs to be clad in new garments if it is to appeal to a new age.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

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It is said that truth comes from the mouths of fools and children: I wish every good mind which feels an inclination…

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If it were true what in the end would be gained Nothing but another truth. Is this such a mighty advantage We…

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To see every day how people get the name 'genius' just as the wood-lice in the cellar the name 'millipede'-not because they…

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There are people who believe everything is sane and sensible that is done with a solemn face. ... It is no great…

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The great trick of regarding small departures from the truth as the truth itself - on which is founded the entire integral…

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If people should ever start to do only what is necessary millions would die of hunger.

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The wisdom of providence is as much revealed in the rarity of genius, as in the circumstance that not everyone is deaf or blind.

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I ceased in the year 1764 to believe that one can convince one’s opponents with arguments printed in books. It is not to do…

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Probably no invention came more easily to man than heaven.

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It is a great shame; most of our words are misused tools / which often still smell of the mud in which previous owners…

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To live when you do not want to is dreadful, but it would be even more terrible to be immortal when you did not…

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He who understands the wise is wise already.

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The fruits of philosophy are the important thing, not the philosophy itself. When we ask the time, we don't want to know how watches…

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He who says he hates all kinds of flattery, and says so in earnest, has undoubtedly not as yet become acquainted with all kinds…

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One can live in this world on soothsaying but not on truth saying.

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Actual aristocracy cannot be abolished by any law: all the law can do is decree how it is to be imparted and who is…

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One of the greatest and also the commonest of faults is for men to believe that, because they never hear their shortcomings spoken of,…

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People who never have any time on their hands are those who do the least.

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An hour-glass is a reminder not only of time's quick flight, but also of the dust to which we must at last return

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