The greatest events occur without intention playing any part in them; …

Georg C. Lichtenberg
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The greatest events occur without intention playing any part in them; chance makes good mistakes and undoes the most carefully planned undertaking. The world's greatest events are not produced, they happen. ✨ Aphorisms. Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook K 68, 1799.
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The greatest events occur without intention playing any part in them; chance makes good mistakes and undoes the most carefully planned undertaking. The world's greatest events are not produced, they happen. ✨ Aphorisms. Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook K 68, 1799.

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