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Georg Christoph Lichtenberg on Books

1742–1799 Germany

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A sure sign of a good book is that you like it more the older you get.

A book which, above all others in the world, should be forbidden, is a catalogue of forbidden books.

A Dictionary of Scientific Quotations (1991)

When a book and a head collide and a hollow sound is heard, must it always have come from the book?

Aphorisms (1765)

Much reading has brought upon us a learned barbarism.

Aphorisms (1765)

If it is permissible to write plays that are not intended to be seen, I should like to see who can prevent me from writing a book no one can read.

Aphorisms (1765)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.