To see every day how people get the name 'genius' just as the wood-lice in the cellar the name 'millipede'-not because they have that many feet, but because most people don't want to count to 14-this has had the result that I don't believe anyone any more without checking.
Georg C. LichtenbergIf we thought more for ourselves we would have very many more bad books and very many more good ones.
Georg C. LichtenbergThe highest point to which a weak but experienced mind can rise is detecting the weakness of better men.
Georg C. Lichtenberg