Author: Georg C. Lichtenberg

Quotes

Much can be inferred about a man from his mistress: in her one beholds his weaknesses and his dreams.

Much can be inferred about a man from his mistress: in her one beholds his weaknesses and his dreams.

- Georg C. Lichtenberg

Never undertake anything for which you wouldn't have the courage to ask the blessings of heaven.

Never undertake anything for which you wouldn't have the courage to ask the blessings of heaven.

- Georg C. Lichtenberg

God created man in His own image, says the Bible; philosophers reverse the process: they create God in theirs.

God created man in His own image, says the Bible; philosophers reverse the process: they create God in theirs.

- Georg C. Lichtenberg

Men still have to be governed by deception.

Men still have to be governed by deception.

- Georg C. Lichtenberg

Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought of as including our own.

Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought of as including our own.

- Georg C. Lichtenberg

We accumulate our opinions at an age when our understanding is at its weakest.

We accumulate our opinions at an age when our understanding is at its weakest.

- Georg C. Lichtenberg

It is in the gift for employing all the vicissitudes of life to one's own advantage and to that of one's craft that a large part of genius consists.

It is in the gift for employing all the vicissitudes of life to one's own advantage and to that of one's craft that a large part of genius consists.

- Georg C. Lichtenberg

We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already.

We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already.

- Georg C. Lichtenberg

Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together.

Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together.

- Georg C. Lichtenberg

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