"To do just the opposite is also a form of imitation."

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Source : "Aphorisms". Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook D 96, 1799.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

#Education Quotes #Opposites Quotes #Dignity Quotes

“Right, wrong, good, bad, heaven, hell. I think that is the theme of my life. I think you have to know both in order to honestly choose one. So I'm familiar with both sides of the fence.”

Source : Interview with Jeff Otto, www.ign.com. March 25, 2004.
“D'Angelo could sing the phonebook and it would sound good.”
“When evil men plot, good men must plan. When evil men burn and bomb, good men must build and bind. When evil men shout ugly words of hatred, good men must commit themselves to the glories of love.”
“But if I had to do it, handle money, then I think I could be responsible, yes.”
“Somebody who only reads newspapers and at best books of contemporary authors looks to me like an extremely near-sighted person who scorns eyeglasses. He is completely dependent on the prejudices and fashions of his times, since he never gets to see or hear anything else.”
“In an honest service there is thin commons, low wages, and hard labor; in this, plenty and satiety, pleasure and ease, liberty and power; and who would not balance creditor on this side, when all the hazard that is run for it, at worst, is only a sour look or two at choking. No, a merry life and a short one, shall be my motto.”
“The person who takes medicine must recover twice, once from the disease and once from the medicine.”
“I have a dirty mouth sometimes, and I'm very liberal, and that doesn't always go down well in the film industry - especially when you've got to appeal to mums and daughters.”

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