344 Quotes by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

To write brashly about some things, it is almost necessary not to know much about them.

Ambition and suspicion always go together.

Probably no invention came more easily to man than heaven.

If it is permissible to write plays that are not intended to be seen, I should like to see who can prevent me from writing a book no one can read.

Be attentive, feel nothing in vain, measure and compare: this is the whole law of philosophy.

You can make a good living from soothsaying but not from truthsaying.

Before we blame we should first see whether we cannot excuse.

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.

Ask yourself always: how can this be done better?