Quote #20162
To receive applause for works which do not demand all our powers hinders our...
Category Archives: G. C. Lichtenberg
Quote #20163
I am always grieved when a man of real talent dies, for the world...
Quote #20164
There are people who think that everything one does with a serious face is...
Quote #20165
He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage he won’t...
Quote #20166
Actual aristocracy cannot be abolished by any law all the law can do is...
Quote #20167
Affectation is a very good word when someone does not wish to confess to...
Quote #20168
He was then in his fifty-fourth year, when even in the case of poets...
Quote #20169
It is in the gift for employing all the vicissitudes of life to one’s...
Quote #20170
Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinions at...
Quote #20171
Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have...