One might call habit a moral friction: something that prevents the mind from gliding over things but connects it with them and makes it hard for it to free itself from them.

Quote by Georg C Lichtenberg

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The pleasures of the imagination are as it were only drawings and models which are...

The pleasures of the imagination are as it were only drawings and models which are...

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...

When an acquaintance goes by I often step back from my window, not so much...

When an acquaintance goes by I often step back from my window, not so much...

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...

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...

If all else fails, the character of a man can be recognized by nothing so...

If all else fails, the character of a man can be recognized by nothing so...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

We accumulate our opinions at an age when our understanding is at its weakest.

We accumulate our opinions at an age when our understanding is at its weakest.

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...

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...

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

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

If you are going to build something in the air it is always better to...

If you are going to build something in the air it is always better to...

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...

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.

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.

It is a question whether, when we break a murderer on the wheel, we do...

It is a question whether, when we break a murderer on the wheel, we do...