The Greeks possessed a knowledge of human nature we seem ha… - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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The Greeks possessed a knowledge of human nature we seem hardly able to attain to without passing through the strengthening hibernation of a new barbarism.

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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Nada puede contribuir tanto a la tranquilidad del alma como no tener opinión alguna.

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One might call habit a moral friction: something that prevents the mind from gliding over things but connects it with them and makes it hard for it to free itself from them.

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