The most heated defenders of a science, who cannot endure the slightes…

Georg C. Lichtenberg
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The most heated defenders of a science, who cannot endure the slightest sneer at it, are commonly those who have not made very much progress in it and are secretly aware of this defect. ✨ Aphorisms. Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook F 8, 1799.
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The most heated defenders of a science, who cannot endure the slightest sneer at it, are commonly those who have not made very much progress in it and are secretly aware of this defect. ✨ Aphorisms. Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook F 8, 1799.

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