Man loves company - even if it is only that of a small burning candle.…

Georg C. Lichtenberg
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Man loves company - even if it is only that of a small burning candle. ✨ Aphorisms. Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook K 40, 1799.
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