With most people disbelief in a thing is founded on a blind belief in some other thing.

Quote by Georg C Lichtenberg

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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,...

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...

I am convinced we do not only love ourselves in others but hate ourselves in...

I am convinced we do not only love ourselves in others but hate ourselves in...

Eveyone is a genius at least once a year. A real genius has his original...

Eveyone is a genius at least once a year. A real genius has his original...

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

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

If the little bit you have is nothing special in itself, at least find a...

If the little bit you have is nothing special in itself, at least find a...

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...

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 noble simplicity in the works of nature only too often originates in the noble...

The noble simplicity in the works of nature only too often originates in the noble...

There are people who possess not so much genius as a certain talent for perceiving...

There are people who possess not so much genius as a certain talent for perceiving...

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.

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...

Never undertake anything for which you wouldn't have the courage to ask the blessings of...

Never undertake anything for which you wouldn't have the courage to ask the blessings of...

If people should ever start to do only what is necessary millions would die of...

If people should ever start to do only what is necessary millions would die of...

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.

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...

To receive applause for works which do not demand all our powers hinders our advance...

To receive applause for works which do not demand all our powers hinders our advance...

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

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

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.

He who says he hates every kind of flattery, and says it in earnest, certainly...

He who says he hates every kind of flattery, and says it in earnest, certainly...