The noble simplicity in the works of nature only too often originates in the noble shortsightedness of him who observes it.
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Just as the performance of the vilest and most wicked deeds requires spirit and talent, so even the greatest demand a certain insensitivity which under other circumstances we would call stupidity.Georg C. Lichtenberg
If you are going to build something in the air it is always better to build castles than houses of cards.
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Nothing can contribute more to peace of soul than the lack of any opinion whatever.
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Much can be inferred about a man from his mistress: in her one beholds his weaknesses and his dreams.
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Once we know our weaknesses they cease to do us any harm.
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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. Lichtenberg
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