Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Quotes
Quotations and aphorisms by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing:
It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but the earnest effort which he puts forward to reach the truth, which constitutes the worth of a man.
~Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
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If some things don't make you lose your sense of reason, then you have none to lose.
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They make glorious shipwreck who are lost in seeking worlds.
~Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
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A heretic is a man who sees with his own eyes.
~Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
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The most deadly fruit is borne by the hatred which one grafts on an extinguished friendship.
~Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
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For me the greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity.
~Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
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Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.
~Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
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One can drink too much, but one never drinks enough.
~Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
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Absolute truth belongs to Thee alone.
~Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
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A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer.
~Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
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Let the devil catch you but by a single hair, and you are his forever.
~Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
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Would that we could at once paint with the eyes! In the long way from the eye through the arm to the pencil, how much is lost!
~Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
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For the will and not the gift makes the giver.
~Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
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He who doesn't lose his wits over certain things has no wits to lose.
~Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
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Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy.
~Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
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