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13535 quotesEveryone is a genius at least once a year; a real genius has his original ideas closer together.
Genius
Georg C. Lichtenberg
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First we have to believe, and then we believe.
Belief
Georg C. Lichtenberg
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He swallowed a lot of wisdom, but all of it seems to have gone down the wrong way.
Wisdom
Georg C. Lichtenberg
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He was always smoothing and polishing himself, and in the end he became blunt before he was sharp.
Self-improvement
Georg C. Lichtenberg
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I am convinced we do not only love ourselves in others but hate ourselves in others too.
People, Other
Georg C. Lichtenberg
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If another Messiah was born he could hardly do so much good as the printing-press.
Publishing and Publishers
Georg C. Lichtenberg
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If moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime.
Apathy
Georg C. Lichtenberg
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In each of us there is a little of all of us.
People
Georg C. Lichtenberg
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Man is to be found in reason, God in the passions.
Passion
Georg C. Lichtenberg
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Nothing can contribute more to peace of soul than the lack of any opinion whatever.
Indifference
Georg C. Lichtenberg
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Of all the inventions of man I doubt whether any was more easily accomplished than that of a Heaven.
Heaven
Georg C. Lichtenberg
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Once we know our weaknesses they cease to do us any harm.
Fallibility
Georg C. Lichtenberg
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People who never have any time on their hands are those who do the least.
Time and Time Management
Georg C. Lichtenberg
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Some theories are good for nothing except to be argued about.
Theory
Georg C. Lichtenberg
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The American who first discovered Columbus made a bad discovery.
New World
Georg C. Lichtenberg
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The fly that does not want to be swatted is safest if it sits on the fly-swat.
Cunning
Georg C. Lichtenberg
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The human tendency to regard little things as important has produced very many great things.
Things and Little Things
Georg C. Lichtenberg
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The most dangerous untruths are truths slightly distorted.
Propaganda
Georg C. Lichtenberg
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The most successful tempters and thus the most dangerous are the deluded deluders.
Temptation
Georg C. Lichtenberg
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The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is the reason so many good minds are idle.
Action
Georg C. Lichtenberg
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The worst thing you can possibly do is worrying and thinking about what you could have done.
Worry
Georg C. Lichtenberg
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Theologians always try to turn the Bible into a book without common sense.
Theology
Georg C. Lichtenberg
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There are people who believe everything is sane and sensible that is done with a solemn face.
Solemnity
Georg C. Lichtenberg
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There are very many people who read simply to prevent themselves from thinking.
Books - Reading
Georg C. Lichtenberg
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To do the opposite of something is also a form of imitation, namely an imitation of its opposite.
Imitation
Georg C. Lichtenberg
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun