Doubt must be no more than vigilance, otherwise it can become dangerou…

Georg C. Lichtenberg
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Doubt must be no more than vigilance, otherwise it can become dangerous. ✨ Aphorisms. Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook F 53, 1799.
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