We have to believe that everything has a cause, as the spider spins its web in order to catch flies. But it does this before it knows there are such things as flies.
Georg C. LichtenbergTo do the opposite of something is also a form of imitation, namely an imitation of its opposite.
Georg C. LichtenbergIf another Messiah was born he could hardly do so much good as the printing-press.
Georg C. LichtenbergTo make astute people believe one is what one is not is, in most cases, harder than actually to become what one wishes to appear.
Georg C. Lichtenberg