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One of the greatest creations of the human mind is the art of reviewing books without having read them.

One of the greatest creations of the human mind is the art of reviewing books without having read them.

Georg C. Lichtenberg
Art, Book, Mind

As I take up my pen I feel myself so full, so equal to my subject, and see my book so clearly before me in embryo, I would almost like to try to say it all in a single word.

Georg C. Lichtenberg
Art, Book, Writing
"Aphorisms". Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook E 52, 1799.

The celebrated painter Gainsborough got as much pleasure from seeing violins as from hearing them.

Georg C. Lichtenberg
Art, Violin, Hearing

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).

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