Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
View AuthorLove is blind, but marriage restores its sight.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
View AuthorMarriage, unlike a fever, begins with warmth and ends with cold.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
View AuthorDon't let yourself be influenced, don't give any opinion as your own before seeing if it suits you, better form your own opinion.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
View AuthorEnglish translation: The sculpted saints have exerted much greater influence in the world than the living ones.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
View AuthorNo fame and rest do not go together.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
View AuthorEveryone admits that the obscene stories one writes oneself are far from having as dangerous an effect as those written by others.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
View AuthorIt is impossible to cross a crowd with the flame of truth without burning someone's beard.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
View AuthorAt least once a year, everyone is a genius.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
View AuthorNothing reveals men's character better than a joke taken in the wrong way.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
View AuthorTrying to change a man's character is like trying to teach a sheep to pull a cart.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
View AuthorCertain men of evil heart believe they reconcile with heaven when they give alms.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
View AuthorThe glory of the most famous is always associated with some of the myopia of the admirers.