All mathematical laws which we find in Nature are always su… - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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All mathematical laws which we find in Nature are always suspect to me, in spite of their beauty. They give me no pleasure. They are merely auxiliaries. At close range it is all not true.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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

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Un libro es como un espejo: si un mono se asoma a él no puede ver reflejado a un apóstol. Carecemos de palabras para hablar con los tontos de sabiduría. Ya es sabio quien entiende a un sabio.

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