About Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (German: [ˈlɪçtn̩bɛʁk]; 1 July 1742 – 24 February 1799) was a German physicist, satirist, and Anglophile. He was the first person in Germany to hold a professorship explicitly dedicated to experimental physics. He is remembered for his posthumously published notebooks, which he himself called Sudelbücher, a description...
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Don't judge a man by his opinions, but what his opinions have made of him.
In attempts to improve your character, know what is in your power and what is beyond it.
Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinions at all.
With most men, unbelief in one thing springs from blind belief in another.
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Ask counsel of both times-of the ancient time what is best, and of the latter time what is fittest.
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