Georg C. Lichtenberg

" To receive applause for works which do not demand all our powers hinders our advance towards a perfecting of our spirit. It usually means that thereafter we stand still. "
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" Nothing makes one old so quickly as the ever-present thought that one is growing older. "
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Georg C. Lichtenberg
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01-07-1742 24-02-1799 Philosopher and scientist. citation
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