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A clever child brought up with a foolish one can itself become foolish. Man is so perfectable and corruptible he can become a fool through good sense. - G.C. (Georg Christoph) Lichtenberg
Attribution: G.C. (Georg Christoph) Lichtenberg (1742–1799), German physicist, philosopher. “Notebook F,” aph. 69, Aphorisms (written 1765-1799), trans. by R.J. Hollingdale (1990).

Categories: Fools And Follies, Philosopher, Physicist

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