Georg C. Lichtenberg Quotes About Inspirational
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I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better.
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Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinion at all.
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The fly that doesn't want to be swatted is most secure when it lights on the fly-swatter.
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One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything.
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Ask yourself always: how can this be done better?
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Some people come by the name of genius in the same way that certain insects come by the name of centipede -- not because they have a hundred feet, but because most people can't count above 14.
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It is in the gift for employing all the vicissitudes of life to one's own advantage and to that of one's craft that a large part of genius consists.
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Man can acquire accomplishments or he can become an animal, whichever he wants. God makes the animals, man makes himself.
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The fruits of philosophy are the important thing, not the philosophy itself. When we ask the time, we don't want to know how watches are made.
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