“If this is philosophy it is at any rate a philosophy that is not in its right mind.”
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Famous Georg C. Lichtenberg Quotes
“If brandy was made out of sparrows there would soon be no sparrows.”
“A man has virtues enough if he deserves pardon for his faults on account of them.”
“It is a sure evidence of a good book if it pleases us more and more as we grow older.”
“Man loves company - even if it is only that of a small burning candle.”
“A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it an apostle is hardly likely to look out.”
“The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is the reason so many good minds are idle.”
“It is too bad if you have to do everything upon reflection and can't do anything from early habit.”
“If people should ever start to do only what is necessary millions would die of hunger.”
“If another Messiah was born he could hardly do so much good as the printing-press.”
“Even truth needs to be clad in new garments if it is to appeal to a new age.”