Georg C. Lichtenberg Quote Explained: As soon as you know a man to be blind, you imagine that you can see it from his back.

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What we are able to judge with feeling is very little; the rest is all prejudice and complaisance.

Physicist

· Germany

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Nothing reveals a man’s character better than the kind of joke at which he takes offense. Explain

- Georg C. Lichtenberg

Physicist

· Germany

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The grave is still the best shelter against the storms of destiny.

- Georg C. Lichtenberg

Physicist

· Germany

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Knowledge acquired too rapidly and without being personally supplemented is never very productive.

- Georg C. Lichtenberg

Physicist

· Germany

Productive

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The construction of the universe is certainly very much easier to explain than is that of the plant.

- Georg C. Lichtenberg

Physicist

· Germany

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Nothing can contribute more to peace of soul than the lack of any opinion whatever.

- Georg C. Lichtenberg

Physicist

· Germany

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Do not say hypothesis, and even less theory: say way of thinking.

- Georg C. Lichtenberg

Physicist

· Germany

Science

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Libraries can in general be too narrow or too wide for the soul.

- Georg C. Lichtenberg

Physicist

· Germany

Library
Soul

As soon as you know a man to be blind, you imagine that you can see it from his back.

As soon as you know a man to be blind, you imagine that you can see it from his back.

What we are able to judge with feeling is very little; the rest is all prejudice and complaisance.

Nothing reveals a man’s character better than the kind of joke at which he takes offense. Explain

The grave is still the best shelter against the storms of destiny.

Knowledge acquired too rapidly and without being personally supplemented is never very productive.

The construction of the universe is certainly very much easier to explain than is that of the plant.

Nothing can contribute more to peace of soul than the lack of any opinion whatever.

Do not say hypothesis, and even less theory: say way of thinking.

Libraries can in general be too narrow or too wide for the soul.

Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness. [Fr., Fortune aveugle suit aveugle hardiesse.]

When you truly commit in your life, you start receiving more than you could imagine.

Hi, I’m Jeff Healy of the Jeff Healy band. Don’t drink and drive. I don’t… you’re blind!

I’m still the person who naively thinks if I can imagine it, I can have it.

Perhaps all early love affairs ought to be strangled or drowned, like so many blind kittens.

Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted. Explain

When our vices leave us, we like to imagine it is we who are leaving them. Explain

Fortune never seems so blind to any as to those on whom she bestows no favors. Explain

As soon as you know a man to be blind, you imagine that you can see it from his back.

As soon as you know a man to be blind, you imagine that you can see it from his back.

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