Best Georg C. Lichtenberg Lines
- Some people read only because they are too lazy to think. Lazy
- As soon as you know a man to be blind, you imagine that you can see it from his back. Blind
- The ordinary man is ruined by the flesh lusting against the spirit; the scholar by the spirit lusting too much against the flesh. Flesh
- In every man there is something of all men. All
- Delight at having understood a very abstract and obscure system leads most people to believe in the truth of what it demonstrates. Abstract
- It is said that truth comes from the mouths of fools and children: I wish every good mind which feels an inclination for satire would… Both
- It is hardly to be believed how spiritual reflections when mixed with a little physics can hold people's attention and give them a livelier idea… Applied
- What I do not like about our definitions of genius is that there is in them nothing of the day of judgment, nothing of resounding… Almighty
- Many things about our bodies would not seem to us so filthy and obscene if we did not have the idea of nobility in our… Bodies
- Man is always partial and is quite right to be. Even impartiality is partial. Always Partial
- We often have need of a profound philosophy to restore to our feelings their original state of innocence, to find our way out of the… Alien
- A man is never more serious than when he praise himself. Inspirational
- Theologians always try to turn the Bible into a book without common sense. Always Try
- People often become scholars for the same reason they become soldiers: simply because they are unfit for any other station. Their right hand has to… Any
- Most subjects at universities are taught for no other purpose than that they may be re-taught when the students become teachers. Become Teachers
- As I take up my pen I feel myself so full, so equal to my subject, and see my book so clearly before me in… All
- That man is the noblest creature may also be inferred from the fact that no other creature has yet contested this claim. Claim
- There are people who believe everything is sane and sensible that is done with a solemn face. Believe
- They do not think, therefore they are not. Inspirational
- We have to believe that everything has a cause, as the spider spins its web in order to catch flies. But it does this before… Believe
- The "second sight" possessed by the Highlanders in Scotland is actually a foreknowledge of future events. I believe they possess this gift because they don't… Believe
- How might letters be most efficiently copied so that the blind might read them with their fingers? Blind
- One has to do something new in order to see something new. Inspirational
- It is astonishing how much the word infinitely is misused: everything is infinitely more beautiful, infinitely better, etc. The concept must have something pleasing about… Astonishing
- Ask yourself always: how can this be done better? Ask
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