A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.

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• Georg C. Lichtenberg:

  Men still have to be governed by deception.

• Georg C. Lichtenberg:

  One must judge men not by their opinions, but by what their opinions have made of them.

• Georg C. Lichtenberg:

  God created man in His own image, says the Bible; philosophers reverse the process: they create God

• Georg C. Lichtenberg:

  He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage - he won't encounter many rivals.

• Georg C. Lichtenberg:

  What is the good of drawing conclusions from experience? I don't deny we sometimes draw the right c

• Georg C. Lichtenberg:

  We cannot remember too often that when we observe nature, and especially the ordering of nature, it

• Georg C. Lichtenberg:

  We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already.

• Georg C. Lichtenberg:

  Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinion at all.

• Georg C. Lichtenberg:

  If you are going to build something in the air it is always better to build castles than houses of

• Georg C. Lichtenberg:

  If all else fails, the character of a man can be recognized by nothing so surely as by a jest which