I ceased in the year 1764 to believe that one can convince oneโs opponents with arguments printed in books. It is not to do that, therefore, that I have taken up my pen, but merely so as to annoy them, and to bestow strength and courage on those on our own side, and to make it known to the others that they have not convinced us.
Georg C. LichtenbergIt is almost everywhere the case that soon after it is begotten the greater part of human wisdom is laid to rest in repositories.
Georg C. LichtenbergTo do the opposite of something is also a form of imitation, namely an imitation of its opposite.
Georg C. LichtenbergMany a man who is willing to be shot for his belief in a miracle would have doubted, had he been present at the miracle itself.
Georg C. Lichtenberg