Short quotes

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Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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

Abbott Liebling

Abbott Liebling

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Generalmente, people confuse what they read in the newspapers with the news.

Prince Charles Joseph de Ligne

Prince Charles Joseph de Ligne

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To be impartial, one must have many doubloons in their pocket.

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

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In the end, what matters is not the years of life, but the life in the years.

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

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The demagogy is the ability to dress minor ideas with major words.