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.


F 8 - Aphorisms (1765-1799) - Notebook F (1776-1779)

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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...