Prejudices are so to speak the mechanical instincts of men: through their prejudices they do without any effort many things they would find too difficult to think through to the point of resolving to do them.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Tags: prejudice prejudices



Go to quote


The excuses we make to ourselves when we want to do something are excellent material for soliloquies, for they are rarely made except when we are alone, and are very often made aloud.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Tags: excuses



Go to quote


To make a vow is a greater sin than to break one.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Tags: vows



Go to quote


To make clever people believe we are what we are not is in most instances harder than really to become what we want to seem to be.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Tags: imitation



Go to quote


Honest unaffected distrust of human abilities under all circumstances is the surest sign of strength of mind.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Tags: distrust strength-of-mind



Go to quote


Reading means borrowing. ~Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Aphorisms

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg


Go to quote


There is no mistaking a good book when one meets it. It is like falling in love.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Tags: books



Go to quote


Wenn ein Buch und ein Kopf zusammenstoßen und es klingt hohl, ist das allemal im Buch?

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg


Go to quote


Най-опасната лъжа е леко изпопачената истина.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Tags: лъжа



Go to quote


Има хора, които си въобразяват, че всичко, което се прави със сериозен вид, е разумно.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Tags: дела



Go to quote


« first previous
Page 5 of 7.
next last »

©gutesprueche.com

Data privacy

Imprint
Contact
Wir benutzen Cookies

Diese Website verwendet Cookies, um Ihnen die bestmögliche Funktionalität bieten zu können.

OK Ich lehne Cookies ab