“...if we gained only one incontestable truth every ten years from each of our philosophical writers the harvest we reaped would be… — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Philosophy Copy Share Image
A book is a mirror: If an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to look out — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Book Copy Share Image
Man loves company even if only that of a small burning candle — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Business Copy Share Image
“It is impossible to have bad taste, but many people have none at all.” — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Bad taste Copy Share Image
Nothing is more conductive to peace of mind than not having any opinions at all. — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Character Copy Share Image
“The most brightly colored birds sing the worst; the same goes for people.” — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
“To make clever people believe we are what we are not is in most instances harder than really to become what we… — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Imitation Copy Share Image
“After all, is our idea of God anything more than personified incomprehensibility? {Said in a letter to Voltaire }” — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Fallacy Copy Share Image
“I would give something to know for precisely whom the deeds were really done, of which it is publicly stated they were… — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Government Copy Share Image
“In his Comedy , Dante Alighieri names Virgil, with many tokens of respect, as his teacher, and yet as Herr Meinhard remarks,… — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Bad writing Copy Share Image
“The most dangerous of all falsehoods is a slightly distorted truth.” — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Distortion Copy Share Image
I cannot stop thinking that I died before I was born and that at my death I will return to the same… — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Death Copy Share Image
“Don't judge a man by his opinions, but what his opinions have made of him.” — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Judge Copy Share Image
“A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.” — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Book Copy Share Image
“The fly that does not want to be swatted is safest if it sits on the fly-swat.” — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
“There is no mistaking a good book when one meets it. It is like falling in love.” — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Books Copy Share Image
The most accomplished monkey cannot draw a monkey, this only man can do; just as it is also only man who regards… — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Ability Copy Share Image
