If all else fails, the character of a man can be recognized by nothing so surely as by a jest which he takes badly. - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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If all else fails, the character of a man can be recognized by nothing so surely as by a jest which he takes badly.

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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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