He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage - he won't encounter many rivals.

Quote by Georg C Lichtenberg

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A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments.

A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments.

Much can be inferred about a man from his mistress: in her one beholds his...

Much can be inferred about a man from his mistress: in her one beholds his...

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...

Just as we outgrow a pair of trousers, we outgrow acquaintances, libraries, principles, etc., at...

Just as we outgrow a pair of trousers, we outgrow acquaintances, libraries, principles, etc., at...

With prophecies the commentator is often a more important man than the prophet.

With prophecies the commentator is often a more important man than the prophet.

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.

Men still have to be governed by deception.

Men still have to be governed by deception.

The American who first discovered Columbus made a bad discovery.

The American who first discovered Columbus made a bad discovery.

Just as the performance of the vilest and most wicked deeds requires spirit and talent,...

Just as the performance of the vilest and most wicked deeds requires spirit and talent,...

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...

There are people who possess not so much genius as a certain talent for perceiving...

There are people who possess not so much genius as a certain talent for perceiving...

The human tendency to regard little things as important has produced very many great things.

The human tendency to regard little things as important has produced very many great things.

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.

We cannot remember too often that when we observe nature, and especially the ordering of...

We cannot remember too often that when we observe nature, and especially the ordering of...

If people should ever start to do only what is necessary millions would die of...

If people should ever start to do only what is necessary millions would die of...

The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is the reason so many...

The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is the reason so many...

Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much.

Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much.

Erudition can produce foliage without bearing fruit.

Erudition can produce foliage without bearing fruit.

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...

Every man has his moral backside which he refrains from showing unless he has to...

Every man has his moral backside which he refrains from showing unless he has to...