Quotes of G. C. Lichtenberg - somelinesforyou

“ Sometimes men 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 fourteen. ”

- G. C. Lichtenberg

“ Barbaric accuracy - whimpering humility. ”

- G. C. Lichtenberg

“ Barbaric accuracy - whimpering humility. ”

- G. C. Lichtenberg

“ Sometimes men 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 fourteen. ”

- G. C. Lichtenberg

“ The most dangerous of all falsehoods is a slightly distorted truth. ”

- G. C. Lichtenberg

“ Theologians always try to turn the Bible into a book without common sense. ”

- G. C. Lichtenberg

“ The most dangerous of all falsehoods is a slightly distorted truth. ”

- G. C. Lichtenberg

“ Nothing contributes more to a person's peace of mind than having no opinions at all. ”

- G. C. Lichtenberg

“ Barbaric accuracy - whimpering humility. ”

- G. C. Lichtenberg

“ Theologians always try to turn the Bible into a book without common sense. ”

- G. C. Lichtenberg

“ A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents. ”

- G. C. Lichtenberg

“ Barbaric accuracy - whimpering humility. ”

- G. C. Lichtenberg

“ Nothing contributes more to a person's peace of mind than having no opinions at all. ”

- G. C. Lichtenberg

“ Barbaric accuracy - whimpering humility. ”

- G. C. Lichtenberg

“ The grave is still the best shelter against the storms of destiny. ”

- G. C. Lichtenberg

“ The most dangerous of all falsehoods is a slightly distorted truth. ”

- G. C. Lichtenberg

“ Bad writers are those who try to express their own feeble ideas in the language of good ones. ”

- G. C. Lichtenberg

“ The grave is still the best shelter against the storms of destiny. ”

- G. C. Lichtenberg

“ Most men of education are more superstitious than they admit - nay, than they think. ”

- G. C. Lichtenberg

“ Every man has his moral backside too, which he doesn't expose unnecessarily but keeps covered as long as possible by the trousers of decorum. ”

- G. C. Lichtenberg

“ Most subjects at universities are taught for no other purpose than that they may be retaught when the students become teachers. ”

- G. C. Lichtenberg

“ Barbaric accuracy - whimpering humility. ”

- G. C. Lichtenberg

“ Every man has his moral backside too, which he doesn't expose unnecessarily but keeps covered as long as possible by the trousers of decorum. ”

- G. C. Lichtenberg

“ Bad writers are those who try to express their own feeble ideas in the language of good ones. ”

- G. C. Lichtenberg

“ The beauty of male has not yet been portrayed by the only one who can do so-the female. ”

- G. C. Lichtenberg

“ Sometimes men 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 fourteen. ”

- G. C. Lichtenberg

“ Sometimes men 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 fourteen. ”

- G. C. Lichtenberg

“ The grave is still the best shelter against the storms of destiny. ”

- G. C. Lichtenberg

“ Sometimes men 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 fourteen. ”

- G. C. Lichtenberg

“ Most subjects at universities are taught for no other purpose than that they may be retaught when the students become teachers. ”

- G. C. Lichtenberg
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