• It is said that truth comes from the mouths of fools and children: I wish every good mind which feels an inclination for satire would reflect that the finest satirist always has something of both in him.

    Georg C. Lichtenberg: It is said that truth comes from the mouths of fools and children: I wish every good mind which feels an inclination for satire would reflect that the finest satirist always has something of both in him.
    "Aphorisms". Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook J 157, 1799.