Georg C. Lichtenberg Quotes About Talent

Quotes about: Talent

• The great rule: If the little bit you have is nothing special in itself, at least find a way of saying it that is a little bit special.

  Georg C. Lichtenberg

  Science, Special, Littles

  "Aphorisms". Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook E 55, 1799.

• There are people who possess not so much genius as a certain talent for perceiving the desires of the century, or even of the decade, before it has done so itself.

  Georg C. Lichtenberg

  Greatness, People, Desire

  "Aphorisms". Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook D 70, 1799.

• Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together.

  Georg C. Lichtenberg

  Wisdom, Real, Years

• The highest level than can be reached by a mediocre but experienced mind is a talent for uncovering the weaknesses of those greater than itself.

  Georg C. Lichtenberg

  Mind, Criticism, Weakness

• Just as the performance of the vilest and most wicked deeds requires spirit and talent, so even the greatest demand a certain insensitivity which under other circumstances we would call stupidity.

  Georg C. Lichtenberg

  Stupidity, Wicked, Demand

  "Aphorisms". Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook F 87, 1799.

• I am always grieved when a man of real talent dies. The world needs such men more than Heaven does.

  Georg C. Lichtenberg

  Real, Men, Heaven

• Nowadays beautiful women are counted among the talents of their husbands.

  Georg C. Lichtenberg

  Beautiful, Husband, Men

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