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Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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No fame and rest do not go together.

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Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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Everyone admits that the obscene stories one writes oneself are far from having as dangerous an effect as those written by others.

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It is impossible to cross a crowd with the flame of truth without burning someone's beard.

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At least once a year, everyone is a genius.

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Nothing reveals men's character better than a joke taken in the wrong way.

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Trying to change a man's character is like trying to teach a sheep to pull a cart.

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Certain men of evil heart believe they reconcile with heaven when they give alms.

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Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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The glory of the most famous is always associated with some of the myopia of the admirers.

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Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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The fly that does not want to be hunted is safer when it lands on the flyswatter.

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A nation that tries to please everyone can be despised by everyone.

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Inflation is like sin; every government denounces it, but every government practices it.

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There are people who believe that everything done with a serious face is reasonable.

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