Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, 1742-1799
was a German scientist, satirist and Anglophile
What a blessing it would be if we could open and shut our ears as easily as we open and shut our eyes!
John Ruskin, 1819-1900
was an English critic, essayist, and reformer
The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something and tell what it saw in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk for one who can think, but thousands can think for one who can see. To see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion, all in one.