It is a question whether, when we break a murderer on the w… - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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It is a question whether, when we break a murderer on the wheel, we do not fall into the error a child makes when it hits the chair it has bumped into.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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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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Alternative Names: Conrad Photorin

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The journalists have constructed for themselves a little wooden chapel, which they also call the Temple of Fame, in which they put up and take down portraits all day long and make such a hammering you can't hear yourself speak.

Body and soul: a horse harnessed beside an ox.

Siempre he procurado imponerme leyes que sólo entren en vigor cuando me sea casi imposible violarlas.

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