He is not a household name. He is something rarer: a name savored by household names. Goethe, who corresponded with Lichtenberg, admired him greatly (even though Lichtenberg disputed his theory of color).
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Roger Kimball, in Lives of the Mind: The Use and Abuse of Intelligence from Hegel to Wodehouse (2002), p. 316Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
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Such works are mirrors: when an ape looks in, no apostle can look out. Lichtenberg
Soren Aabye Kierkegaard
We may use Lichtenberg’s writings as the most wonderful dowsing rod: wherever he makes a joke, there a problem lies hidden.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
In May 1961 when I took over power as the leader of the revolutionary group, I honestly felt as if I had been given a pilfered household or bankrupt firm to manage. Around me I could find little hope of encouragement. The outlook was bleak. But i had to rise above this pessimism to rehabilitate the household. I had to destroy, once and for all, the vicious circle of poverty and economic stagnation. Only by reforming the economic structure would we lay a foundation for decent living standards.
Park Chung-hee
Lichtenberg digs deeper than anyone... He speaks from the subterranean depths. Only he who himself digs deep hears him.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Lichtenberg digs deeper than anyone... but he does not come up again. Only he hears him who digs deep himself.
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