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Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes: If we gained only one incontestable truth every ten years from each of our philosophical writers the harvest we reaped would be sufficient.

If we gained only one incontestable truth every ten years from each of our philosophical writers the harvest we reaped would be sufficient.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes: Don't judge a man by his opinions, but what his opinions have made of him.

Don't judge a man by his opinions, but what his opinions have made of him.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes: After all, is our idea of God anything more than personified incomprehensibility?{Said in a letter to Voltaire}

After all, is our idea of God anything more than personified incomprehensibility?

{Said in a letter to Voltaire}

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes: I would give something to know for precisely whom the deeds were really done, of which it is publicly stated they were done 'for the Fatherland'.

I would give something to know for precisely whom the deeds were really done, of which it is publicly stated they were done 'for the Fatherland'.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes: We say that someone occupies an official position, whereas it is the official position that occupies him.

We say that someone occupies an official position, whereas it is the official position that occupies him.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes: The man was such an intellectual he was of almost no use.

The man was such an intellectual he was of almost no use.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes: Honest unaffected distrust of human abilities under all circumstances is the surest sign of strength of mind.

Honest unaffected distrust of human abilities under all circumstances is the surest sign of strength of mind.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes: If countries were named after the words you first hear when you go there, England would have to be called "Damn It".

If countries were named after the words you first hear when you go there, England would have to be called "Damn It".

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes: Everything that matters in life flows through tubes.

Everything that matters in life flows through tubes.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes: There are very many people who read simply to prevent themselves from thinking.

There are very many people who read simply to prevent themselves from thinking.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes: If you are going to build something in the air it is always better to build castles than houses of cards.

If you are going to build something in the air it is always better to build castles than houses of cards.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes: Many are less fortunate than you' may not be a roof to live under, but it will serve to retire beneath in the event of a shower.

Many are less fortunate than you' may not be a roof to live under, but it will serve to retire beneath in the event of a shower.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes: It is almost impossible to carry the torch of truth through a crowd without singeing somebody's beard.

It is almost impossible to carry the torch of truth through a crowd without singeing somebody's beard.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes: To make a vow is a greater sin than to break one.

To make a vow is a greater sin than to break one.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes: Libraries can in general be too narrow or too wide for the soul.

Libraries can in general be too narrow or too wide for the soul.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes: Is it not strange that men are so keen to fight for religion and so unkeen to live according to its precepts?

Is it not strange that men are so keen to fight for religion and so unkeen to live according to its precepts?

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes: Every condition of the soul has its own sign and expression ... So you will see how hard it is to seem original without being so.

Every condition of the soul has its own sign and expression ... So you will see how hard it is to seem original without being so.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes: With most men, unbelief in one thing springs from blind belief in another.

With most men, unbelief in one thing springs from blind belief in another.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes: Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought of as including our own.

Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought of as including our own.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes: Where the frontier of science once was is now the centre.

Where the frontier of science once was is now the centre.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes: We accumulate our opinions at an age when our understanding is at its weakest.

We accumulate our opinions at an age when our understanding is at its weakest.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes: It requires no especially great talent to write in such a way that another will be very hard put to it to understand what you have written

It requires no especially great talent to write in such a way that another will be very hard put to it to understand what you have written

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes: First we have to believe, and then we believe.

First we have to believe, and then we believe.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes: I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is that they must change if they are to get better.

I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is that they must change if they are to get better.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes: Is our conception of God anything more than personified incomprehensibility?

Is our conception of God anything more than personified incomprehensibility?

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes: The thoughts written on the walls of madhouses by their inmates might be worth publicizing.

The thoughts written on the walls of madhouses by their inmates might be worth publicizing.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes: You believe I run after the strange because I do not know the beautiful; no, it is because you do not know the beautiful that I seek the strange.

You believe I run after the strange because I do not know the beautiful; no, it is because you do not know the beautiful that I seek the strange.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes: A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.

A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes: To do just the opposite is also a form of imitation.

To do just the opposite is also a form of imitation.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes: Whenever he composes a critical review, I have been told, he gets an enormous erection.

Whenever he composes a critical review, I have been told, he gets an enormous erection.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes: One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything.

One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes: The highest level than can be reached by a mediocre but experienced mind is a talent for uncovering the weaknesses of those greater than itself.

The highest level than can be reached by a mediocre but experienced mind is a talent for uncovering the weaknesses of those greater than itself.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes: It is impossible to have bad taste, but many people have none at all.

It is impossible to have bad taste, but many people have none at all.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes: Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together.

Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes: Nowadays three witty turns of phrase and a lie make a writer.

Nowadays three witty turns of phrase and a lie make a writer.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes: When they have discovered truth in nature they fling it into a book, where it is even worse hands.

When they have discovered truth in nature they fling it into a book, where it is even worse hands.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes: One of our forefathers must have read a forbidden book.

One of our forefathers must have read a forbidden book.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes: Much reading has brought upon us a learned barbarism

Much reading has brought upon us a learned barbarism

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes: Nothing is more conductive to peace of mind than not having any opinions at all.

Nothing is more conductive to peace of mind than not having any opinions at all.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes: The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is the reason so many good minds are idle.

The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is the reason so many good minds are idle.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes: Even truth needs to be clad in new garments if it is to appeal to a new age.

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

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes: A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it an apostle is hardly likely to look out.

A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it an apostle is hardly likely to look out.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes: If we thought more for ourselves we would have very many more bad books and very many more good ones.

If we thought more for ourselves we would have very many more bad books and very many more good ones.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes: The fly that does not want to be swatted is safest if it sits on the fly-swat.

The fly that does not want to be swatted is safest if it sits on the fly-swat.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes: To make clever people believe we are what we are not is in most instances harder than really to become what we want to seem to be.

To make clever people believe we are what we are not is in most instances harder than really to become what we want to seem to be.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes: Just as there are polysyllabic words that say very little, so there are also monosyllabic words of infinite meaning.

Just as there are polysyllabic words that say very little, so there are also monosyllabic words of infinite meaning.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes: When a book and a head collide and a hollow sound is heard, must it always have come from the book?

When a book and a head collide and a hollow sound is heard, must it always have come from the book?

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes: You can make a good living from soothsaying but not from truthsaying

You can make a good living from soothsaying but not from truthsaying

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes: The most dangerous of all falsehoods is a slightly distorted truth.

The most dangerous of all falsehoods is a slightly distorted truth.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes: Nothing is more inimical to the progress of science than the belief that we know what we do not yet know.

Nothing is more inimical to the progress of science than the belief that we know what we do not yet know.