Quotes by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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

#Age

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

#Men, #Men And Women

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

#Witty

What is the good of drawing conclusions from experience? I don't deny we sometimes draw...

#Experience

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

#Books

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

#Death

Those who never have time do least

#Achievement, #Hope, #Trying

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

#Ability

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

#Honesty

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

#Wisdom

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

#God

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

#Mind, #Opinions