Affectation is a very good word when someone does not wish to confess to what he would none the less like to believe of himself.
Georg C. LichtenbergTo see every day how people get the name 'genius' just as the wood-lice in the cellar the name 'millipede'-not because they have that many feet, but because most people don't want to count to 14-this has had the result that I don't believe anyone any more without checking.
Georg C. LichtenbergI made the journey to knowledge like dogs who go for walks with their masters, a hundred times forward and backward over the same territory; and when I arrived I was tired.
Georg C. LichtenbergIf people should ever start to do only what is necessary millions would die of hunger.
Georg C. Lichtenberg