Many things about our bodies would not seem to us so filthy and obscene if we did not have the idea of nobility in our heads.

Quote by Georg C Lichtenberg

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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...

Men still have to be governed by deception.

Men still have to be governed by deception.

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...

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.

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.

The American who first discovered Columbus made a bad discovery.

The American who first discovered Columbus made a bad discovery.

Here take back the stuff that I am, nature, knead it back into the dough...

Here take back the stuff that I am, nature, knead it back into the dough...

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...

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.

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,...

Nothing can contribute more to peace of soul than the lack of any opinion whatever.

Nothing can contribute more to peace of soul than the lack of any opinion whatever.

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

What is called an acute knowledge of human nature is mostly nothing but the observer's...

What is called an acute knowledge of human nature is mostly nothing but the observer's...

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...

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.

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...