Georg C. LichtenbergA collection of 21 posts

Wisdom

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

Wisdom

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

Society

Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought of as including our own.

Peace

Nothing can contribute more to peace of soul than the lack of any opinion whatev...

Peace

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

Nature

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

Nature

Here take back the stuff that I am nature knead it back into the dough of bein...

Courage

Prejudices are so to speak the mechanical instincts of men: through their prejud...

Courage

One must judge men not by their opinions but by what their opinions have made o...

Knowledge

What is called an acute knowledge of human nature is mostly nothing but the obse...