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The thoughts written on the walls of madhouses by their inmates might be worth publicizing.
The thoughts written on the walls of madhouses by their inmates might be worth publicizing.
Approximate author period: c. 1770 AD · early modern
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- Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
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- Approximate author period: c. 1770 AD · early modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Georg Christoph Lichtenberg: life dates 1742 to 1799. Wikidata Q57554, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57554 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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