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— Georg C. Lichtenberg"It is almost everywhere the case that soon after it is begotten the greater part of human wisdom is laid to rest in repositories."
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There are two statements about human beings that are true: that all human beings are alike, and that all are different. On those two facts all human wisdom is founded.
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People thinking for themselves have more energy in their voice, than any government, which it is possible for human wisdom to invent; and every government not aware of this sacred truth will, at some period, be suddenly overturned.
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