Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

1742–1799 · German physicist and aphorist

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg wrote observations and aphorisms in notebooks. His compact remarks often turn an image or apparent commonplace into a criticism of human judgment.

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“A book is a mirror: If an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to look out”

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