We accumulate our opinions at an age when our understanding is at its …

Georg C. Lichtenberg
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We accumulate our opinions at an age when our understanding is at its weakest. ✨ Aphorisms. Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook H 4, 1799.
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We accumulate our opinions at an age when our understanding is at its weakest. ✨ Aphorisms. Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook H 4, 1799.

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