339 Quotes by Georg C. Lichtenberg

A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments.

He swallowed a lot of wisdom, but all of it seems to have gone down the wrong way.

There are many who believe that 'Marriage is not a word - it is a sentence!' Whether you are indeed 'married' or if you are 'single', I am sure that funny quotes on weddings and marriages always tend to put a wicked smile to the face. It is often said that 'People who are married are often desperate to get out of it and people who are single can't wait to get in!'

What a blessing it would be if we could open and shut our ears...as easily as we open and shut our eyes.

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.

Brevity: To say at once whatever is to be said.

With a pen in my hand I have successfully stormed bulwarks from which others armed with sword and excommunication have been repulsed.

Deliberate virtue is never worth much: The virtue of feeling or habit is the thing.

The book which most deserved to be banned would be a catalog of banned books.