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. LichtenbergMan is a masterpiece of creation if for no other reason than that, all the weight of evidence for determinism notwithstanding, he believes he has free will.
Georg C. LichtenbergHe who is in love with himself has at least this advantage - he won't encounter many rivals.
Georg C. LichtenbergI would give something to know for whose sake precisely those deeds were really done which report says were done for the fatherland.
Georg C. Lichtenberg