Pain warns us not to exert our limbs to the point of breaking them. How much knowledge would we not need to recognize this by the exercise of mere reason.
Georg C. LichtenbergMan can acquire accomplishments or he can become an animal, whichever he wants. God makes the animals, man makes himself.
Georg C. LichtenbergPeople who have read a good deal rarely make great discoveries. I do not say this in excuse of laziness, but because invention presupposes an extensive independent contemplation of things.
Georg C. LichtenbergMarriage, in contrast to the flu, starts with a fever and ends with the chills.
Georg C. LichtenbergThere are many who believe that 'Marriage is not a word - it is a sentence!' Whether you are indeed 'married' or if you are 'single', I am sure that funny quotes on weddings and marriages always tend to put a wicked smile to the face. It is often said that 'People who are married are often desperate to get out of it and people who are single can't wait to get in!'
Georg C. Lichtenberg