Brief biography at Kirjasto (Pegasos)

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Other Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Quotes

Much reading has brought upon us a learned barbarism. - View Quote Details on Much reading has brought upon us a learned barbarism.
To do the opposite of something is also a form of imitation, namely an imitation of its opposite. - View Quote Details on To do the opposite of something is also a form…
What is the good of drawing conclusions from experience? I don’t deny we sometimes draw the right conclusions, but don’t we just as often draw the wrong ones? - View Quote Details on What is the good of drawing conclusions from experience? I…
Astronomy is perhaps the science whose discoveries owe least to chance, in which human understanding appears in its whole magnitude, and through which man can best learn how small he is. - View Quote Details on Astronomy is perhaps the science whose discoveries owe least to…
Not only did he not believe in ghosts, he wasn’t even afraid of them. - View Quote Details on Not only did he not believe in ghosts, he wasn’t…
A clever child brought up with a foolish one can itself become foolish. Man is so perfectable and corruptible he can become a fool through good sense. - View Quote Details on A clever child brought up with a foolish one can…
The great rule: If the little bit you have is nothing special in itself, at least find a way of saying it that is a little bit special. - View Quote Details on The great rule: If the little bit you have is…
Do we write books so that they shall merely be read? Don’t we also write them for employment in the household? For one that is read from start to finish, thousands are leafed through, other thousands lie motionless, others are jammed against mouseholes, thrown at rats, others are stood on, sat on, drummed on, have gingerbread baked on them or are used to light pipes. - View Quote Details on Do we write books so that they shall merely be…
Sickness is mankind’s greatest defect. - View Quote Details on Sickness is mankind’s greatest defect.
My inquiries into physics could perhaps be given the title: legacies. For people do also bequeath trifles, after all. - View Quote Details on My inquiries into physics could perhaps be given the title:…