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I am convinced we do not only love ourselves in others but hate ourselves in others too. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

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I believe that man is in the last resort so free a being that his right to be what he believes himself to be cannot be contested. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#believe #believes #cannot #contested #free

It is almost everywhere the case that soon after it is begotten the greater part of human wisdom is laid to rest in repositories. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#almost #begotten #case #everywhere #greater

Man is a masterpiece of creation if for no other reason than that, all the weight of evidence for determinism notwithstanding, he believes he has free will. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#creation #determinism #evidence #free #free will

That man is the noblest creature may also be inferred from the fact that no other creature has yet contested this claim. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#claim #contested #creature #fact #inferred

The human tendency to regard little things as important has produced very many great things. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#great things #human #important #little #little things

There is no greater impediment to progress in the sciences than the desire to see it take place too quickly. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#greater #impediment #place #progress #quickly

To do the opposite of something is also a form of imitation, namely an imitation of its opposite. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

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With prophecies the commentator is often a more important man than the prophet. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

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When the heart speaks, its language is the same under all latitudes. ↗

— Ella Maillart

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