What is the good of drawing conclusions from experience? I don't deny we sometimes draw the right conclusions, but don't we just as often draw the wrong ones?

Quote by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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Man loves company even if only that of a small burning candle

Man loves company even if only that of a small burning candle

The drive to propagate our race has also propagated a lot of other things

The drive to propagate our race has also propagated a lot of other things

Those who never have time do least

Those who never have time do least

I cannot stop thinking that I died before I was born and that at my...

I cannot stop thinking that I died before I was born and that at my...

Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinion at all.

Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinion at all.

Nowadays three witty turns of phrase and a lie make a writer.

Nowadays three witty turns of phrase and a lie make a writer.

God created man in His own image, says the Bible; philosophers reverse the process: they...

God created man in His own image, says the Bible; philosophers reverse the process: they...

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...

A vacuum of ideas affects people differently than a vacuum of air, otherwise readers of...

A vacuum of ideas affects people differently than a vacuum of air, otherwise readers of...

If all mankind were suddenly to practice honesty, many thousands of people would be sure...

If all mankind were suddenly to practice honesty, many thousands of people would be sure...

The thoughts written on the walls of madhouses by their inmates might be worth publicizing.

The thoughts written on the walls of madhouses by their inmates might be worth publicizing.

A book is a mirror: If an ass peers into it, you can't expect an...

A book is a mirror: If an ass peers into it, you can't expect an...

Theologians always try to turn the Bible into a book without common sense

Theologians always try to turn the Bible into a book without common sense

Even truth needs to be clad in new garments if it is to appeal to...

Even truth needs to be clad in new garments if it is to appeal to...

It not seldom happens that in the purposeless rovings and wanderings of the imagination we...

It not seldom happens that in the purposeless rovings and wanderings of the imagination we...

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...

We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the...

We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the...

Wisdom is never on the menu, you have to own the restaurant.

Wisdom is never on the menu, you have to own the restaurant.

Life isn't all haha hehe.

Life isn't all haha hehe.

Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.

Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.