Once the good man was dead, one wore his hat and another hi… - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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Once the good man was dead, one wore his hat and another his sword as he had worn them, a third had himself barbered as he had, a fourth walked as he did, but the honest man that he was — nobody any longer wanted to be that.

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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Las reglas de la gramática son meras convenciones humanas; por eso cuando el diablo se le aparece a los poseídos habla un mal latín.

A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.

Translation: With most men, unbelief in one thing springs from blind belief in another.

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