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49 quotes (Page 2 of 2 pages)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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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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Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much.
Virtue
Georg C. Lichtenberg
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We accumulate our opinions at an age when our understanding is at its weakest.
Opinions
Georg C. Lichtenberg
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We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already.
Wisdom
Georg C. Lichtenberg
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What most clearly characterizes true freedom and its true employment is its misemployment.
Freedom
Georg C. Lichtenberg
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With most people disbelief in a thing is founded on a blind belief in some other thing.
Belief
Georg C. Lichtenberg
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With prophecies the commentator is often a more important man than the prophet.
Prophecy
Georg C. Lichtenberg
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With the majority of people unbelief in one thing is founded on the blind belief in another.
Belief
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