Just as we outgrow a pair of trousers, we outgrow acquaintances, libraries, principles, etc., at times before they're worn out and times - and this is the worst of all - before we have new ones.

Quote by Georg C Lichtenberg

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It is in the gift for employing all the vicissitudes of life to one's own...

It is in the gift for employing all the vicissitudes of life to one's own...

Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much.

Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much.

Never undertake anything for which you wouldn't have the courage to ask the blessings of...

Never undertake anything for which you wouldn't have the courage to ask the blessings of...

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

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

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...

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...

If the little bit you have is nothing special in itself, at least find a...

If the little bit you have is nothing special in itself, at least find a...

We say that someone occupies an official position, whereas it is the official position that...

We say that someone occupies an official position, whereas it is the official position that...

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,...

I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say...

I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say...

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.

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

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

Men still have to be governed by deception.

Men still have to be governed by deception.

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.

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.

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...

That man is the noblest creature may also be inferred from the fact that no...

That man is the noblest creature may also be inferred from the fact that no...

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...

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

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

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...