Many intelligent people, when about to write . . . , force on their minds a certain notion about style, just as they screw up their faces when they sit for their portraits.
Georg C. LichtenbergThe ordinary man is ruined by the flesh lusting against the spirit; the scholar by the spirit lusting too much against the flesh.
Georg C. LichtenbergIf all mankind were suddenly to practice honesty, many thousands of people would be sure to starve.
Georg C. Lichtenberg