If you are going to build something in the air it is always better to …

Georg C. Lichtenberg
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If you are going to build something in the air it is always better to build castles than houses of cards. ✨ Aphorisms. Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook F 39, 1799.
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