It is a question whether, when we break a murderer on the wheel, we do not fall into the error a child makes when it hits the chair it has bumped into.
Georg C. LichtenbergWe have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already.
Georg C. LichtenbergFirst there is a time when we believe everything, then for a little while we believe with discrimination, then we believe nothing whatever, and then we believe everything again - and, moreover, give reasons why we believe.
Georg C. Lichtenberg