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Georg C. Lichtenberg

What is called an acute knowledge of human nature is mostly nothing but the observer's own weaknesses reflected back from others.

Knowledge

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People often think they understand others well, but this insight usually comes from seeing their own flaws in those people. In other words, what seems like sharp awareness is actually a projection of the observer’s personal weaknesses.

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