A book is a mirror:
if an ape looks into it
an apostle is hardly likely to look out.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742-1799)
A book is a mirror:
if an ape looks into it
an apostle is hardly likely to look out.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742-1799)
Mr. Lichtenberg is a bit sagacious. One never knows. An ape might be more trustworthy than an apostle...(in case it's what I see!!!)
ReplyDeleteTo your good health, Sean.:)
Hmmmm- Happy New Year, Sean.
ReplyDeleteHmmmm- Happy New Year, Sean.
ReplyDeleteThis is true not just of books, but of almost anything one can think of.
ReplyDeleteMirror's always err, actually. Try holding a book up to one. They show a mirror image - the precise opposite of reality.
ReplyDeleteThis makes me think to deep.)
ReplyDeleteWhere has Sean gone? Hope you are OK.
ReplyDeleteClaudia,
ReplyDeletequite. Not nice a thought it is (for me) to think of looking into a book / a mirror and an apostle is looking out.
As for the esteemed hunchback: Certainly he was sagacious; when replacing the 'g' by an 'l' even more than a bit . :)
Happy New Year, Welshcakes.
Stan,
spot on.
Andrew,
so much I'd like to agree, but alas: Reflecting, the one looking into my mirror does err much more often than the mirror.
The opposite of reality? :)
Hans,
as long as you don't happen to become an apostle ... :)
Ah, Andrew,
you are so kind. Thank you!
Right now I feel very relaxed and at the same time like a volcano. :)
More about where I was and where I am in the the next blog post.