Georg C. Lichtenberg Quotes

Georg C. Lichtenberg
German Scientist
Born: Jul 1, 1742
Died: Feb 24, 1799
Man Many Nature Nothing Own People
Related authors: Heinrich Schliemann Johannes Kepler Max Planck Polykarp Kusch Sebastian Thrun Wernher von Braun Wilhelm Ostwald
I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better. Georg C. Lichtenberg
Change Better Will Say Must Get Cannot Whether Things
Man loves company - even if it is only that of a small burning candle. Georg C. Lichtenberg
Man Only Small Candle Burning Loves Company Even
Once we know our weaknesses they cease to do us any harm. Georg C. Lichtenberg
Our Once Weaknesses Know Cease Any Us Harm
Even truth needs to be clad in new garments if it is to appeal to a new age. Georg C. Lichtenberg
Truth Needs Age Brainy Clad New New Age Appeal Even Garments
We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already. Georg C. Lichtenberg
Wisdom Wise Words Stupid No Words He Understands Speaking Who
I believe that man is in the last resort so free a being that his right to be what he believes himself to be cannot be contested. Georg C. Lichtenberg
Man Free Believe Resort He Himself Contested His Being Cannot Believes Right Last
There is no greater impediment to progress in the sciences than the desire to see it take place too quickly. Georg C. Lichtenberg
Progress Too See Impediment Take Greater Sciences Quickly Than Place Desire
Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much. Georg C. Lichtenberg
Worth Virtue Much Premeditation
There are people who possess not so much genius as a certain talent for perceiving the desires of the century, or even of the decade, before it has done so itself. Georg C. Lichtenberg
People Genius Before Possess Perceiving Talent Itself Decade Done Century Much Certain Who Even Desires
To grow wiser means to learn to know better and better the faults to which this instrument with which we feel and judge can be subject. Georg C. Lichtenberg
Judge Better Faults Feel Wiser Know Instrument Learn Subject Which Means Grow

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