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Quote by Georg C. Lichtenberg

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

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German physicist, inventor, and writer, known for his research in electricity and magnetism. He proposed Lichtenberg's law in electricity and invented various scientific instruments. more

“Most of us have no sympathy with the rich idler who spends his life in pleasure without ever doing any work. But even he fulfills a function in the life of the social organism. He sets an example of luxury that awakens in the multitude a consciousness of new needs and gives industry the incentive to fulfill them.”

Needs Giving Social Pleasure Consciousness Rich Example Industry Function Luxury Multitudes Organisms Incentives No Sympathy Idlers

Author:Ludwig von Mises

“He hath not eat paper, as it were; he hath not drunk ink; his intellect is not replenished; he is only an animal, only sensible in the duller parts. (Shakespeare, Love's Labor's Lost, IV)”

Lost Animal Paper Labor Intellect Drunk Sensible Ink

Book:Love's Labor's Lost

Source: Love's Labor's Lost

“It is a miracle if you can find true friends, and it is a miracle if you have enough food to eat, and it is a miracle if you get to spend your days and evenings doing whatever it is you like to do, and the holiday season - like all the other seasons - is a good time not only to tell stories of miracles, but to think about the miracles in your own life, and to be grateful for them, and that's the end of this particular story.”

Ifs Thinking Ends Enough Stories Particular Seasons Miracle Grateful Evening Holiday Good Times Be Grateful True Friend Holiday Season

Author:Daniel Handler

“it is amazin, she thinks, how simple appearances can be created - a rush, a smile, a new coat of paint, a slow, calm voice, a hug, a new dress - a resolve to keep out questions and cling to secrets”

Thinking Voice Simple Secret Dresses Paint Calm Appearance Resolve Hug Coats

Book:A Room on Lorelei Street

Source: A Room on Lorelei Street

“Santa Claus has nothing to do with it," the latke said. "Christmas and Hanukah are completely different things." "But different things can often blend together," said the pine tree. "Let me tell you a funny story about pagan rituals.”

Said Different Stories Together Tree Let Me Different Things Ritual Santa Pagan Santa Claus Pine Trees Funny Story

Author:Daniel Handler

“The boys. The village boys. The beef-witted featherbrained rattleskulled clodpated dimdomed noodle-noggined sapheaded lunk-knobbed boys. How could anybody accuse her of stealing them? Why would anybody want them anyway?”

Want Boys Stealing Beef Noodles

Author:William Goldman

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