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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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...

The most dangerous untruths are truths slightly distorted.

The most dangerous untruths are truths slightly distorted.

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...

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...

Erudition can produce foliage without bearing fruit.

Erudition can produce foliage without bearing fruit.

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.

Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought of as including our own.

Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought of as including our own.

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...

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...

Be wary of passing the judgment: obscure. To find something obscure poses no difficult, elephants...

Be wary of passing the judgment: obscure. To find something obscure poses no difficult, elephants...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much.

Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much.

Eveyone is a genius at least once a year. A real genius has his original...

Eveyone is a genius at least once a year. A real genius has his original...

I would sort out all the arguments and see which belonged to fear and which...

I would sort out all the arguments and see which belonged to fear and which...

Create your own visual style... let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for...

Create your own visual style... let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for...

You must not for one instant give up the effort to build new lives for...

You must not for one instant give up the effort to build new lives for...

Talent is a flame, but genius is a fire.

Talent is a flame, but genius is a fire.

Scared and sacred are spelled with the same letters. Awful proceeds from the same root...

Scared and sacred are spelled with the same letters. Awful proceeds from the same root...