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"To receive applause for works which do not demand all our powers hinders our advance towards a perfecting of our spirit. It usually means that thereafter we stand still"
- Georg C. Lichtenberg
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Georg C. Lichtenberg
between July 1, 1742 and February 24, 1799. He/she was a famous
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