“The fly that doesn't want to be swatted is most secure when it lights on the fly-swatter.”

— Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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Variant translation: The fly that does not want to be swatted is safest if it sits on the fly-swat.
Aphorisms (1765-1799), Notebook J (1789)

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