Called Him Names
While Lessing was with Lichtenberg in Göttingen, they talked one time about genius. Lichtenberg said: “You are a genius!” To which Lessing replied: “I feel tempted to box the ears of anybody who calls me names like that.”
While Lessing was with Lichtenberg in Göttingen, they talked one time about genius. Lichtenberg said: “You are a genius!” To which Lessing replied: “I feel tempted to box the ears of anybody who calls me names like that.”