I believe that man is in the last resort so free a being that his right to be what he believes himself to be cannot be contested.

Quote by Georg C Lichtenberg

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It is a question whether, when we break a murderer on the wheel, we do...

It is a question whether, when we break a murderer on the wheel, we do...

One might call habit a moral friction: something that prevents the mind from gliding over...

One might call habit a moral friction: something that prevents the mind from gliding over...

Many things about our bodies would not seem to us so filthy and obscene if...

Many things about our bodies would not seem to us so filthy and obscene if...

It is almost everywhere the case that soon after it is begotten the greater part...

It is almost everywhere the case that soon after it is begotten the greater part...

Man is to be found in reason, God in the passions.

Man is to be found in reason, God in the passions.

The Greeks possessed a knowledge of human nature we seem hardly able to attain to...

The Greeks possessed a knowledge of human nature we seem hardly able to attain to...

The pleasures of the imagination are as it were only drawings and models which are...

The pleasures of the imagination are as it were only drawings and models which are...

He who says he hates every kind of flattery, and says it in earnest, certainly...

He who says he hates every kind of flattery, and says it in earnest, certainly...

The most perfect ape cannot draw an ape; only man can do that; but, likewise,...

The most perfect ape cannot draw an ape; only man can do that; but, likewise,...

To err is human also in so far as animals seldom or never err, or...

To err is human also in so far as animals seldom or never err, or...

With most people disbelief in a thing is founded on a blind belief in some...

With most people disbelief in a thing is founded on a blind belief in some...

Doubt must be no more than vigilance, otherwise it can become dangerous.

Doubt must be no more than vigilance, otherwise it can become dangerous.

A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it an apostle is hardly...

A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it an apostle is hardly...

There are very many people who read simply to prevent themselves from thinking.

There are very many people who read simply to prevent themselves from thinking.

To grow wiser means to learn to know better and better the faults to which...

To grow wiser means to learn to know better and better the faults to which...

When an acquaintance goes by I often step back from my window, not so much...

When an acquaintance goes by I often step back from my window, not so much...

To be content with life or to live merrily, rather all that is required is...

To be content with life or to live merrily, rather all that is required is...

Nothing makes one old so quickly as the ever-present thought that one is growing older.

Nothing makes one old so quickly as the ever-present thought that one is growing older.

There exists a species of transcendental ventriloquism by means of which men can be made...

There exists a species of transcendental ventriloquism by means of which men can be made...

Man loves company - even if it is only that of a small burning candle.

Man loves company - even if it is only that of a small burning candle.