To make clever people believe we are what we are not is in … - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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To make clever people believe we are what we are not is in most instances harder than really to become what we want to seem to be.

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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