Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1 July 1742 – 24 February 1799) was a German scientist, satirist and Anglophile.
We accumulate our opinions at an age when our understanding is at its weakest. Use this quote
Even truth needs to be clad in new garments if it is to appeal to a new age. Use this quote
I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better. Use this quote
Never undertake anything for which you wouldn't have the courage to ask the blessings of heaven. Use this quote
Much can be inferred about a man from his mistress: in her one beholds his weaknesses and his dreams. Use this quote
What is the good of drawing conclusions from experience? I don't deny we sometimes draw the right conclusions, but don't we just as often draw the wrong ones? Use this quote
God created man in His own image, says the Bible; philosophers reverse the process: they create God in theirs. Use this quote
Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
One must judge men not by their opinions, but by what their opinions have made of them. Use this quote
