With prophecies the commentator is often a more important man than the prophet.

Quote by Georg C Lichtenberg

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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...

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

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

Many things about our bodies would not seem to us so filthy and obscene if...

Many things about our bodies would not seem to us so filthy and obscene if...

When an acquaintance goes by I often step back from my window, not so much...

When an acquaintance goes by I often step back from my window, not so much...

The American who first discovered Columbus made a bad discovery.

The American who first discovered Columbus made a bad discovery.

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 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 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...

The most dangerous untruths are truths slightly distorted.

The most dangerous untruths are truths slightly distorted.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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...

The fly that doesn't want to be swatted is most secure when it lights on...

The fly that doesn't want to be swatted is most secure when it lights on...

It is almost everywhere the case that soon after it is begotten the greater part...

It is almost everywhere the case that soon after it is begotten the greater part...

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

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