Quotes by Lichtenberg, Georg C.

What is the good of drawing conclusions from experience? I don't deny >>

If all mankind were suddenly to practice honesty, many thousands of pe >>

Be wary of passing the judgment: obscure. To find something obscure po >>

Quotations about Mathematics

All science requires mathematics. The knowledge of mathematical things >>

Mathematics alone make us feel the limits of our intelligence. For we >>

In studying mathematics or simply using a mathematical principle, if w >>

So-called professional mathematicians have, in their reliance on the relative incapacity of the rest of mankind, acquired for themselves a reputation for profundity very similar to the reputation for sanctity possessed by theologians.

Lichtenberg, Georg C.