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12663 quotesBefore we blame we should first see whether we cannot excuse.
Liberals
Georg C. Lichtenberg
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Erudition can produce foliage without bearing fruit.
Learning
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 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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He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage -- he won't encounter many rivals.
Advantage
Georg C. Lichtenberg
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Ideas too are a life and a world.
Ideas
Georg C. Lichtenberg
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If all mankind were suddenly to practice honesty, many thousands of people would be sure to starve.
Dishonesty
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 this is philosophy it is at any rate a philosophy that is not in its right mind.
Philosophers and Philosophy
Georg C. Lichtenberg
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Man is always partial and is quite right to be. Even impartiality is partial.
Impartiality
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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Man loves company, even if it is only that of a smoldering candle.
Company
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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Nowadays three witty turns of phrase and a lie make a writer.
Writers and Writing
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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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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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun