To many people virtue consists chiefly in repenting faults, not in avoiding them. - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Additional quotes by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

The noble simplicity in the works of nature only too often originates in the noble shortsightedness of him who observes it.

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Los hombres más sanos, más hermosos y mejor proporcionados son quienes están de acuerdo con todo. En cuanto se padece un defecto se tiene una opinión propia.

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Aphorisms · October 3, 2011 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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

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The Waste Books · September 30, 2000 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

character weaknesses jokes

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