G. C. Lichtenberg

Sometimes men come by the name of genius in the same way that certain insects come by the name of centipede – not because they have a hundred feet but because most people can’t count above fourteen.

Sometimes men come by the name of genius in the same way that certain insects come by the name of centipede – not because they have a hundred feet but because most people can’t count above fourteen.

– G. C. Lichtenberg –

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