Some people come by the name of genius in the same way that… - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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Some people come by the name of genius in the same way that certain insects come by the name of centipede — not because they have a hundred feet, but because most people can't count above 14.

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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El hombre tenía tal entendimiento que ya casi no servía para nada.

What is called an acute knowledge of human nature is mostly nothing but the observer's own weaknesses reflected back from others.

Courage, garrulousness and the mob are on our side. What more do we want?

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