He was always smoothing and polishing himself, and in the end he became blunt before he was sharp. - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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He was always smoothing and polishing himself, and in the end he became blunt before he was sharp.

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About Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1 July 1742 – 24 February 1799) was a German scientist, satirist, and philosopher.

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Those who have racked their brains to discover new proofs have perhaps been induced to do so by a compulsion they could not quite explain to themselves. Instead of giving us their new proofs they should have explained to us the motivation that constrained them to search for them.

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