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. by Georg Christopher 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." - Copy to Clipboard

-- Georg Christopher Lichtenberg

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