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
It is in most cases more difficult to make intelligent people believe that you are what you are not, than really to… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Believe Copy Share Image
Popular presentation today is all too often that which puts the mob in a position to talk about something without understanding it. — Georg C. Lichtenberg Position Copy Share Image
When an acquaintance goes by I often step back from my window, not so much to spare him the effort of acknowledging… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Acquaintance Copy Share Image
Once we know our weaknesses they cease to do us any harm. — Georg C. Lichtenberg Cease Copy Share Image
Nowadays three witty turns of phrase and a lie make a writer. — Georg C. Lichtenberg Humor Copy Share Image
God created man in His own image, says the Bible; philosophers reverse the process: they create God in theirs. — Georg C. Lichtenberg Bible Copy Share Image
Cultivate that kind of knowledge which enables us to discover for ourselves in case of need that which others have to read… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Cases Copy Share Image
If this is philosophy it is at any rate a philosophy that is not in its right mind. — Georg C. Lichtenberg Ifs Copy Share Image
It is certainly not a matter of indifference whether I learn something without effort or finally arrive at it myself through my… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Cases Copy Share Image
Universal morality is to be found in little everyday penny-events just as much as in great ones. — Georg C. Lichtenberg Character Copy Share Image
There are people who believe everything is sane and sensible that is done with a solemn face. — Georg C. Lichtenberg Believe Copy Share Image
To err is human also in so far as animals seldom or never err, or at least only the cleverest of them… — Georg C. Lichtenberg 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
Honor is infinitely more valuable than positions of honor. — Georg C. Lichtenberg Honor Copy Share Image
If brandy was made out of sparrows there would soon be no sparrows. — Georg C. Lichtenberg Brandy Copy Share Image
The great rule: If the little bit you have is nothing special in itself, at least find a way of saying it… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Bits Copy Share Image
Everyone should study at least enough philosophy and belles-lettres to make his sexual experience more delectable. — Georg C. Lichtenberg Delectable 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
