Georg Christoph Lichtenberg on Books
Browse 8 quotations attributed to Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, catalogued under books, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, entry #51445: "I have written a good number of drafts and small reflections. They are not waiting for the last touch but for the sunlight to wake them up."
Attributed to Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, entry #172426: "A book which, above all others in the world, should be forbidden, is a catalogue of forbidden books."
8 Quotes by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg on Books
"I have written a good number of drafts and small reflections. They are not waiting for the last touch but for the sunlight to wake them up."
"A book which, above all others in the world, should be forbidden, is a catalogue of forbidden books."
"When a book and a head collide and a hollow sound is heard, must it always have come from the book?"
"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."
"Much reading has brought upon us a learned barbarism."
"Book review: Aphorisms by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg"
"Texts at the German Projekt Gutenberg"
"Do we write books so that they shall merely be read? Don't we also write them for employment in the household? For one that is read from start to finish, thousands are leafed through, other thousands lie motionless, others are jammed against mouseholes, thrown at rats, others are stood on, sat on, drummed on, have gingerbread baked on them or are used to light pipes."