Doubt must be no more than vigilance, otherwise it can become dangerous.
From Georg C. Lichtenberg
Once we know our weaknesses they cease to do us any harm.
The most perfect ape cannot draw an ape; only man can do that; but, likewise, only man regards the ability to do this as a sign of superiority.
We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already.
Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together.
Never undertake anything for which you wouldn't have the courage to ask the blessings of heaven.
A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.
God created man in His own image, says the Bible; philosophers reverse the process: they create God in theirs.
He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage - he won't encounter many rivals.
What is the good of drawing conclusions from experience? I don't deny we sometimes draw the right conclusions, but don't we just as often draw the wrong ones?
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