To be content with life or to live merrily, rather all that is required is that we bestow on all things only a fleeting, superficial glance; the more thoughtful we become the more earnest we grow.
Georg C. LichtenbergHe swallowed a lot of wisdom, but all of it seems to have gone down the wrong way.
Georg C. LichtenbergHe was always smoothing and polishing himself, and in the end he became blunt before he was sharp.
Georg C. LichtenbergPerseverance can lend the appearance of dignity and grandeur to many actions, just as silence in company affords wisdom and apparent intelligence to a stupid person.
Georg C. Lichtenberg