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A man has virtues enough if he deserves pardon for his faults on account of them.

A man has virtues enough if he deserves pardon for his faults on account of them.

Georg C. Lichtenberg
Men, Faults, Virtue

Every man has his moral backside which he refrains from showing unless he has to and keeps covered as long as possible with the trousers of decorum.

Georg C. Lichtenberg
Men, Long, Morality
"Aphorisms". Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook B 12, 1799.

Some theories are good for nothing except to be argued about.

Georg C. Lichtenberg
Theory

There are people who believe everything is sane and sensible that is done with a solemn face. ... It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say; when one has nothing to say, however, and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth ... into a liar - that I call an achievement.

Georg C. Lichtenberg
Art, Liars, Believe
"Aphorisms" by Georg C. Lichtenberg, ("Notebook E", E 59), (1775 - 1776).

What you have been obliged to discover by yourself leaves a path in your mind which you can use again when the need arises.

Georg C. Lichtenberg
Math, Mind, Needs

It is too bad if you have to do everything upon reflection and can't do anything from early habit.

Georg C. Lichtenberg
Reflection, Habit, Ifs

Cultivate that kind of knowledge which enables us to discover for ourselves in case of need that which others have to read or be told of.

Georg C. Lichtenberg
Needs, Kind, Cases
"Aphorisms" by Georg C. Lichtenberg, ("Notebook D", D 89), (1773-1775).

He marvelled at the fact that the cats had two holes cut in their fur at precisely the spot where their eyes were.

Georg C. Lichtenberg
Cat, Eye, Cutting

It is said that truth comes from the mouths of fools and children: I wish every good mind which feels an inclination for satire would reflect that the finest satirist always has something of both in him.

Georg C. Lichtenberg
Children, Sarcasm, Mind
"Aphorisms". Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook J 157, 1799.

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