Georg Christoph Quotations

With the majority of people unbelief in one thing is founded on the blind belief in another.

I have so often seen how people come by the name of genius - in the same way, that is, as certain insects come by the name of millipede, not because they have that number of feet, but because most people won't count up to fourteen.

It is not the force of his mind, but the force of wind that has carried that man so far.

It is as though our languages were in state of confusion: when we want an idea they bring us a word, when we require a word they bring us a dash, and when we expected a dash there stands an obscenity.

To be content with life - or to live merrily, rather -all that is required is that we bestow on all things only a fleeting, superficial glance; the more thoughtful we become the more earnest we grow.

Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinions at all