We are obliged to regard many of our original minds as crazy at least until we have become as clever as they are.

Quote by Georg C Lichtenberg

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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 American who first discovered Columbus made a bad discovery.

The American who first discovered Columbus made a bad discovery.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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,...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Sickness is mankind's greatest defect.

Sickness is mankind's greatest defect.

I believe that man is in the last resort so free a being that his...

I believe that man is in the last resort so free a being that his...

Man loves company - even if it is only that of a small burning candle.

Man loves company - even if it is only that of a small burning candle.

Men still have to be governed by deception.

Men still have to be governed by deception.

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...