#thing

To be content with life or to live merrily, rather all that is required is that we bestow on all things only a fleeting, superficial glance; the more thoughtful we become the more earnest we grow. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#become #bestow #content #earnest #fleeting

Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinion at all. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#conducive #having #mind #more #nothing

A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#clearly #his #joke #nothing #person

If all else fails, the character of a man can be recognized by nothing so surely as by a jest which he takes badly. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#character #else #fails #jest #man

The pleasures of the imagination are as it were only drawings and models which are played with by poor people who cannot afford the real thing. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#cannot #drawings #imagination #models #only

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

It is unfair to believe everything we hear about lawyers, some of it might not be true. ↗

— Gerald F. Lieberman

#be true #believe #everything #hear #lawyers

If the little bit you have is nothing special in itself, at least find a way of saying it that is a little bit special. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#find #itself #least #little #little bit

If you are going to build something in the air it is always better to build castles than houses of cards. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#always #better #build #cards #castles

Many things about our bodies would not seem to us so filthy and obscene if we did not have the idea of nobility in our heads. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#bodies #did #filthy #heads #idea