If another Messiah was born he could hardly do so much good as the printing-press.
Georg C. LichtenbergHe who says he hates every kind of flattery, and says it in earnest, certainly does not yet know every kind of flattery.
Georg C. LichtenbergTo write brashly about some things, it is almost necessary not to know much about them.
Georg C. LichtenbergJust as the performance of the vilest and most wicked deeds requires spirit and talent, so even the greatest demand a certain insensitivity which under other circumstances we would call stupidity.
Georg C. Lichtenberg