The celebrated painter Gainsborough got as much pleasure from seeing violins as from hearing them. Georg C. Lichtenberg More Quotes by Georg C. Lichtenberg More Quotes From Georg C. Lichtenberg A man has virtues enough if he deserves pardon for his faults on account of them. Georg C. Lichtenberg faultsvirtuemen Too much is unwholesome. Georg C. Lichtenberg too-much Just as there are polysyllabic words that say very little, so there are also monosyllabic words of infinite meaning. Georg C. Lichtenberg infinitelittles Many are less fortunate than you' may not be a roof to live under, but it will serve to retire beneath in the event of a shower. Georg C. Lichtenberg showerseventsmay Every condition of the soul has its own sign and expression...So you will see how hard it is to seem original without being so. Georg C. Lichtenberg originalssoulexpression A sure sign of a good book is that you like it more the older you get. Georg C. Lichtenberg good-bookyou-like-itbook A good part of the fame of most celebrated men is due to the shortsightedness of their admirers Georg C. Lichtenberg admirerfamemen Everyone is a genius at least once a year. Georg C. Lichtenberg original-ideasgeniusyears One of the greatest creations of the human mind is the art of reviewing books without having read them. Georg C. Lichtenberg mindbookart The highest point to which a weak but experienced mind can rise is detecting the weakness of better men. Georg C. Lichtenberg weaknessmindmen Why does a suppurating lung give so little warning and a sore on the finger so much? Georg C. Lichtenberg warningdoegiving It is a sure evidence of a good book if it pleases us more and more as we grow older. Georg C. Lichtenberg evidencepleasebook It not seldom happens that in the purposeless rovings and wanderings of the imagination we hunt down such game as can be put to use by our purposeful philosophy in its well-ordered household. Georg C. Lichtenberg imaginationgamesphilosophy As nations improve, so do their gods. Georg C. Lichtenberg nations Many a man who is willing to be shot for his belief in a miracle would have doubted, had he been present at the miracle itself. Georg C. Lichtenberg miraclebeliefmen There can hardly be a stranger commodity in the world than books. Printed by people who don't understand them; sold by people who don't understand them; bound, criticized and read by people who don't understand them; and now even written by people who don't understand them. Georg C. Lichtenberg bookpeopleworld God creates the animals, man creates himself. Georg C. Lichtenberg animalmen What concerns me alone I only think, what concerns my friends I tell them, what can be of interest to only a limited public I write, and what the world ought to know is printed. Georg C. Lichtenberg writingworldthinking Bad writers are those who try to express their own feeble ideas in the language of good ones. Georg C. Lichtenberg writingtryingideas Where the frontier of science once was is now the centre. Georg C. Lichtenberg frontierscentre
