When an acquaintance goes by I often step back from my window, not so much to spare him the effort of acknowledging me as to spare myself the embarrassment of seeing that he has not done so.

Quote by Georg C Lichtenberg

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A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.

A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.

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.

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...

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,...

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.

What is called an acute knowledge of human nature is mostly nothing but the observer's...

What is called an acute knowledge of human nature is mostly nothing but the observer's...

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...

Be wary of passing the judgment: obscure. To find something obscure poses no difficult, elephants...

Be wary of passing the judgment: obscure. To find something obscure poses no difficult, elephants...

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.

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

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

We cannot remember too often that when we observe nature, and especially the ordering of...

We cannot remember too often that when we observe nature, and especially the ordering of...

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...

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.

Prejudices are so to speak the mechanical instincts of men: through their prejudices they do...

Prejudices are so to speak the mechanical instincts of men: through their prejudices they do...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Men still have to be governed by deception.

Men still have to be governed by deception.

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...