“We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already.”
— Georg C. Lichtenberg
Author: Georg C. Lichtenberg
Category: wisdom
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We cannot remember too often that when
“We cannot remember too often that when we observe nature, and especially the ordering of nature, it is always ourselves alone we are observing.”
— Georg C. Lichtenberg
Author: Georg C. Lichtenberg
Category: alone
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Nothing is more conducive to peace of
“Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinion at all.”
— Georg C. Lichtenberg
Author: Georg C. Lichtenberg
Category: peace
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We cannot remember too often that when
“We cannot remember too often that when we observe nature, and especially the ordering of nature, it is always ourselves alone we are observing.”
— Georg C. Lichtenberg
Author: Georg C. Lichtenberg
Category: nature
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The Greeks possessed a knowledge of human
“The Greeks possessed a knowledge of human nature we seem hardly able to attain to without passing through the strengthening hibernation of a new barbarism.”
— Georg C. Lichtenberg
Author: Georg C. Lichtenberg
Category: knowledge
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Here take back the stuff that I
“Here take back the stuff that I am, nature, knead it back into the dough of being, make of me a bush, a cloud, whatever you will, even a man, only no longer make me me.”
— Georg C. Lichtenberg
Author: Georg C. Lichtenberg
Category: nature
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Nothing can contribute more to peace of
“Nothing can contribute more to peace of soul than the lack of any opinion whatever.”
— Georg C. Lichtenberg
Author: Georg C. Lichtenberg
Category: peace
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The noble simplicity in the works of
“The noble simplicity in the works of nature only too often originates in the noble shortsightedness of him who observes it.”
— Georg C. Lichtenberg
Author: Georg C. Lichtenberg
Category: nature
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Even truth needs to be clad in
“Even truth needs to be clad in new garments if it is to appeal to a new age.”
— Georg C. Lichtenberg
Author: Georg C. Lichtenberg
Category: truth
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The pleasures of the imagination are as
“The pleasures of the imagination are as it were only drawings and models which are played with by poor people who cannot afford the real thing.”
— Georg C. Lichtenberg
Author: Georg C. Lichtenberg
Category: imagination
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Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages
“Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought of as including our own.”
— Georg C. Lichtenberg
Author: Georg C. Lichtenberg
Category: society
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