Wouldn't things look much better for the human race if we no longer had history, at least no political history? The human being then would act more i… - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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Wouldn't things look much better for the human race if we no longer had history, at least no political history? The human being then would act more in accordance with the energies he possesses at any given time; for as things stand today, the example that now and then makes one person better makes a thousand others worse.

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About Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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

Biography information from Wikiquote · Portrait adapted from Wikimedia Commons, After Johann Ludwig Strecker (Public domain / CC0)

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Alternative Names: Conrad Photorin

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