Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
One of my favourite writers is Georg Christoph Lichenberg (1742-1799) to whose aphorisms I turn to when I need some light (though not trivial) mental relief. I list some of my favourites below (his ascerbic tone bound to upset several constituencies), culled from his notebooks and translated by the great Reg Hollingdale in Aphorisms published by…
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