Man can acquire accomplishments or he can become an animal, whichever he wants. God makes the animals, man makes himself. (Georg Christoph Lichtenberg)

Man can acquire accomplishments or he can become an animal, whichever he wants. God makes the animals, man makes himself.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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