Before we blame we should first see whether we cannot excuse. ✨ Aphori…

Georg C. Lichtenberg
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Before we blame we should first see whether we cannot excuse. ✨ Aphorisms. Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook K 39, 1799.
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Before we blame we should first see whether we cannot excuse. ✨ Aphorisms. Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook K 39, 1799.

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