To write brashly about some things, it is almost necessary not to know much about them. Georg C. Lichtenberg More Quotes by Georg C. Lichtenberg More Quotes From Georg C. Lichtenberg 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 infinite littles 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 showers events may 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 originals soul expression A sure sign of a good book is that you like it more the older you get. Georg C. Lichtenberg good-book you-like-it book A good part of the fame of most celebrated men is due to the shortsightedness of their admirers Georg C. Lichtenberg admirer fame men Everyone is a genius at least once a year. Georg C. Lichtenberg original-ideas genius years One of the greatest creations of the human mind is the art of reviewing books without having read them. Georg C. Lichtenberg mind book art The highest point to which a weak but experienced mind can rise is detecting the weakness of better men. Georg C. Lichtenberg weakness mind men Why does a suppurating lung give so little warning and a sore on the finger so much? Georg C. Lichtenberg warning doe giving It is a sure evidence of a good book if it pleases us more and more as we grow older. Georg C. Lichtenberg evidence please book 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 imagination games philosophy 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 miracle belief men 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 book people world God creates the animals, man creates himself. Georg C. Lichtenberg animal men 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 writing world thinking Bad writers are those who try to express their own feeble ideas in the language of good ones. Georg C. Lichtenberg writing trying ideas Where the frontier of science once was is now the centre. Georg C. Lichtenberg frontiers centre Knowledge acquired too rapidly and without being personally supplemented is never very productive. Georg C. Lichtenberg productive
