G. C. Lichtenberg
German physicist, writer, and critic
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
Most of our expressions are metaphorical — the philosophy of our forefathers lies hidden in them.
—G. C. Lichtenberg, German physicist, writer, and critic, Aphorisms, 1765 - 1799
Posted on September 24, 1999 at 7:02 AM
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It is almost everywhere the case that soon after it is begotten the greater part of human wisdom is laid to rest in repositories.
—G. C. Lichtenberg, German physicist, writer, and critic, Aphorisms, 1765 - 1799
Posted on July 29, 2002 at 12:44 PM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
Where the common people take pleasure in puns, and often make them themselves, you can always count upon it that the nation stands upon a very high rung of culture. The peasants of Calenberg make no puns.
—G. C. Lichtenberg, German physicist, writer, and critic, Aphorisms, 1765 - 1799
Posted on January 12, 1999 at 9:07 AM
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A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it an apostle is hardly likely to look out.
—G. C. Lichtenberg, German physicist, writer, and critic, Aphorisms, 1765 - 1799
Posted on June 8, 2001 at 8:41 AM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
As I take up my pen I feel myself so full, so equal to my subject, and see my book so clearly before me in embryo, I would almost like to try to say it all in a single word.
—G. C. Lichtenberg, German physicist, writer, and critic, Aphorisms, 1765 - 1799
Posted on March 14, 2001 at 3:30 PM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
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.
—G. C. Lichtenberg, German physicist, writer, and critic, Aphorisms, 1765 - 1799
Posted on April 12, 2001 at 7:03 AM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already.
—G. C. Lichtenberg, German physicist, writer, and critic, Aphorisms, 1765 - 1799
Posted on April 25, 2001 at 12:50 PM
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