To receive applause for works which do not demand all our powers hinde…

Georg C. Lichtenberg
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To receive applause for works which do not demand all our powers hinders our advance towards a perfecting of our spirit. It usually means that thereafter we stand still. ✨ Aphorisms. Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook K 42, 1799.
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To receive applause for works which do not demand all our powers hinders our advance towards a perfecting of our spirit. It usually means that thereafter we stand still. ✨ Aphorisms. Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook K 42, 1799.

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