There is something in the character of every man which cannot be broken in--the skeleton of his character; and to try to alter this is like training a sheep for draught purposes.


The Reflections of Lichtenberg (ed. 1908)

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Quotes

There is something in the character of every man which cannot be broken in--the skeleton of his character; and to try to alter this is like training...

There is something in the character of every man which cannot be broken in--the skeleton of his character; and to try to alter this is like training...

There is something in the character of every man which cannot be broken in--the skeleton of his character; and to try to alter this is like training...

There is something in the character of every man which cannot be broken in--the skeleton of his character; and to try to alter this is like training...