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. LichtenbergHe swallowed a lot of wisdom, but all of it seems to have gone down the wrong way.
Georg C. LichtenbergThe great trick of regarding small departures from the truth as the truth itself - on which is founded the entire integral calculus - is also the basis of our witty speculations, where the whole thing would often collapse if we considered the departures with philosophical rigour.
Georg C. LichtenbergAs soon as you know a man to be blind, you imagine that you can see it from his back.
Georg C. Lichtenberg