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Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
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Which one of these four quotes is attributed to Georg Christoph Lichtenberg?
→ Even truth needs to be clad in new garments if it is to appeal to a new age.
→ Grace imitates modesty, as politeness imitates kindness.
→ Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.
→ Innocence is always unsuspicious.
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Pick the quote attributed to Georg Christoph Lichtenberg.
→ The wisest men follow their own direction.
→ Do not allow idleness to deceive you; for while you give him today, he steals tomorrow from you.
→ If moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime.
→ It is a false principle, that because we are entirely occupied with ourselves, we must equally occupy the thoughts of others. The contrary inference is the fair one.
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Select the quotation attributed to Georg Christoph Lichtenberg.
→ Small minds are much distressed by little things. Great minds see them all but are not upset by them.
→ We say that someone occupies an official position, whereas it is the official position that occupies him.
→ Even truth needs to be clad in new garments if it is to appeal to a new age.
→ Grace imitates modesty, as politeness imitates kindness.
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One of these may be attributed to Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Which one?
→ Delicacy in woman is strength.
→ Fear loves the idea of danger.
→ It is easier to be mistaken about the true than the beautiful.
→ Sometimes, when one person is missing, the whole world seems depopulated.
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Which one of these belongs to Georg Christoph Lichtenberg?
→ A book is a mirror: if an ape peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to look out.
→ The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.
→ Shadow owes its birth to light.
→ Leisure is the mother of philosophy.
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Can you identify the right quote belonging to Georg Christoph Lichtenberg?
→ Culture makes all men gentle.
→ There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.
→ Love is blind, but marriage restores its sight.
→ Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.
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Guess which of these quotes is attributed to Georg Christoph Lichtenberg.
→ Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.
→ The language of friendship is not words but meanings.
→ There is only one happiness in life — to love and to be loved.
→ Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinions at all.
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One of the following quotations belongs to Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Which one?
→ We say that someone occupies an official position, whereas it is the official position that occupies him.
→ Once we know our weaknesses they cease to do us any harm.
→ A man's character is his fate.
→ A hidden connection is stronger than an obvious one.
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Can you guess which one of these belongs to Georg Christoph Lichtenberg?
→ A man doesn't plant a tree for himself. He plants it for posterity.
→ Sickness is mankind’s greatest defect.
→ Doubt must be no more than vigilance, otherwise it can become dangerous.
→ Time is the wisest counselor of all.
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Try to identify the quote attributed to Georg Christoph Lichtenberg.
→ Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people.
→ If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness.
→ Sickness is mankind’s greatest defect.
→ Doubt must be no more than vigilance, otherwise it can become dangerous.
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Looks like Georg Christoph Lichtenberg is the author of one of these.
→ A lie never lives to be old.
→ A man doesn't plant a tree for himself. He plants it for posterity.
→ The sea complains upon a thousand shores.
→ The noble simplicity in the works of nature only too often originates in the noble shortsightedness of him who observes it.
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Pick the one quotation belonging to Georg Christoph Lichtenberg.
→ Never compete with someone who has nothing to lose.
→ Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
→ 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.
→ That which is called firmness in a king is called obstinacy in a donkey.
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