The fly that does not want to be swatted is safest if it si… - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

" "
The fly that does not want to be swatted is safest if it sits on the fly-swat.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from

English

Collect this quote

About Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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

Biography information from Wikiquote

Also Known As

Alternative Names: Conrad Photorin

All quotes from Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Georg Christoph Lichtenberg:

Samuel Butler Denis Diderot Michel de Montaigne Francis Bacon Voltaire

Additional quotes by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Nothing makes one old so quickly as the ever-present thought that one is growing older

You believe that I run after the strange because I do not know the beautiful; no, it is because you do not know the beautiful that I seek the strange.

Libraries can in general be too narrow or too wide for the soul.

The fly that does not want to be swatted is safest if it sits on the fly-swat. - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

About Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Also Known As

Try QuoteGPT

Additional quotes by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Enhance Your Quote Experience