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 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...

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...

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

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

Erudition can produce foliage without bearing fruit.

Erudition can produce foliage without bearing fruit.

The most dangerous untruths are truths slightly distorted.

The most dangerous untruths are truths slightly distorted.

The noble simplicity in the works of nature only too often originates in the noble...

The noble simplicity in the works of nature only too often originates in the noble...

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.

There is no greater impediment to progress in the sciences than the desire to see...

There is no greater impediment to progress in the sciences than the desire to see...

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...

A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.

A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.

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...

Prejudices are so to speak the mechanical instincts of men: through their prejudices they do...

Prejudices are so to speak the mechanical instincts of men: through their prejudices they do...

With a pen in my hand I have successfully stormed bulwarks from which others armed...

With a pen in my hand I have successfully stormed bulwarks from which others armed...

Delight at having understood a very abstract and obscure system leads most people to believe...

Delight at having understood a very abstract and obscure system leads most people to believe...

To receive applause for works which do not demand all our powers hinders our advance...

To receive applause for works which do not demand all our powers hinders our advance...

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...

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,...

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...

To do the opposite of something is also a form of imitation, namely an imitation...

To do the opposite of something is also a form of imitation, namely an imitation...

We are obliged to regard many of our original minds as crazy at least until...

We are obliged to regard many of our original minds as crazy at least until...