#now

The Greeks possessed a knowledge of human nature we seem hardly able to attain to without passing through the strengthening hibernation of a new barbarism. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#attain #barbarism #greeks #hardly #human

What is called an acute knowledge of human nature is mostly nothing but the observer's own weaknesses reflected back from others. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#back #called #human #human nature #knowledge

He who says he hates every kind of flattery, and says it in earnest, certainly does not yet know every kind of flattery. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#does #earnest #every #flattery #hates

Nowadays three witty turns of phrase and a lie make a writer. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#make #nowadays #phrase #three #turns

Once we know our weaknesses they cease to do us any harm. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#cease #harm #know #once #our

When an acquaintance goes by I often step back from my window, not so much to spare him the effort of acknowledging me as to spare myself the embarrassment of seeing that he has not done so. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#acquaintance #back #done #effort #embarrassment

I think that most people think painters are kind of ridiculous, you know? ↗

— Roy Lichtenstein

#i think #kind #know #most #painters

In our society a man is known by the company he owns. ↗

— Gerald F. Lieberman

#known #man #our #owns #society

I think we're much smarter than we were. Everybody knows that abstract art can be art, and most people know that they may not like it, even if they understand there's another purpose to it. ↗

— Roy Lichtenstein

#abstract art #another #art #even #everybody

Yeah, you know, you like it to come on like gangbusters, but you get into passages that are very interesting and subtle, and sometimes your original intent changes quite a bit. ↗

— Roy Lichtenstein

#changes #come #get #intent #interesting