We say that someone occupies an official position, whereas it is the official position that occupies him.

Quote by Georg C Lichtenberg

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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...

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...

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

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

Every man has his moral backside which he refrains from showing unless he has to...

Every man has his moral backside which he refrains from showing unless he has to...

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.

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...

Erudition can produce foliage without bearing fruit.

Erudition can produce foliage without bearing fruit.

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...

Actual aristocracy cannot be abolished by any law: all the law can do is decree...

Actual aristocracy cannot be abolished by any law: all the law can do is decree...

There is no greater impediment to progress in the sciences than the desire to see...

There is no greater impediment to progress in the sciences than the desire to see...

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

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

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.

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...

He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage - he won't...

He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage - he won't...

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...

Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much.

Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much.

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...

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...

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 American who first discovered Columbus made a bad discovery.

The American who first discovered Columbus made a bad discovery.