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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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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Those who never have time do least

Those who never have time do least

The most accomplished monkey cannot draw a monkey, this only man can do; just as...

The most accomplished monkey cannot draw a monkey, this only man can do; just as...

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.

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.

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...

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 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...

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

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...

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.

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

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

You are wise, witty and wonderful, but you spend too much time reading this sort...

You are wise, witty and wonderful, but you spend too much time reading this sort...

Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.

Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.

A man content to go to heaven alone will never go to heaven.

A man content to go to heaven alone will never go to heaven.