Diogenes, filthily attired, paced across the splendid carpets in Plato's dwelling. Thus, said he, do I trample on the pride of Plato. Yes, Plato replied, but only with another kind of pride.
Georg C. LichtenbergIf another Messiah was born he could hardly do so much good as the printing-press.
Georg C. LichtenbergYou believe I run after the strange because I do not know the beautiful; no, it is because you do not know the beautiful that I seek the strange.
Georg C. Lichtenberg