What is called an acute knowledge of human nature is mostly… - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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What is called an acute knowledge of human nature is mostly nothing but the observer's own weaknesses reflected back from others.

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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The greatest events occur without intention playing any part in them; chance makes good mistakes and undoes the most carefully planned undertaking. The world's greatest events are not produced, they happen.

El simio más perfecto no puede dibujar un simio. Sólo el hombre puede hacerlo. Pero también sólo él lo considera una ventaja.

In each of us there is a little of all of us.

What is called an acute knowledge of human nature is mostly nothing but the observer's own weaknesses reflected back from others. - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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