To grow wiser means to learn to know better and better the faults to which this instrument with which we feel and judge can be subject.

Quote by Georg C Lichtenberg

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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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 most people disbelief in a thing is founded on a blind belief in some...

With most people disbelief in a thing is founded on a blind belief in some...

Many things about our bodies would not seem to us so filthy and obscene if...

Many things about our bodies would not seem to us so filthy and obscene if...

Much can be inferred about a man from his mistress: in her one beholds his...

Much can be inferred about a man from his mistress: in her one beholds his...

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...

The fly that doesn't want to be swatted is most secure when it lights on...

The fly that doesn't want to be swatted is most secure when it lights on...

Once we know our weaknesses they cease to do us any harm.

Once we know our weaknesses they cease to do us any harm.

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.

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...

Man is a masterpiece of creation if for no other reason than that, all the...

Man is a masterpiece of creation if for no other reason than that, all the...

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...

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.

Men still have to be governed by deception.

Men still have to be governed by deception.

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...