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It is certainly not a matter of indifference whether I learn something without effort or finally arrive at it myself through my system of thought. In the latter case everything has roots, in the former it is merely

It is certainly not a matter of indifference whether I learn something without effort or finally arrive at it myself through my system of thought. In the latter case everything has roots, in the former it is merely superficial.

Georg C. Lichtenberg
Roots, Effort, Matter
"Aphorisms" by Georg C. Lichtenberg, ("Notebook F", F 154), (1776-1779).

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
Effort, Done, Steps
"Aphorisms". Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook F 155, 1799.

Prejudices are so to speak the mechanical instincts of men: through their prejudices they do without any effort many things they would find too difficult to think through to the point of resolving to do them.

Georg C. Lichtenberg
Men, Thinking, Effort
"Aphorisms". Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook A 58, 1799.

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