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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Quotes

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quotes

Deutsch Critic, Playwright, Poet January 22, 1729 – February 15, 1781

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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quote: "Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking,..."
Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quote: "The most deadly fruit is borne by the hatred which one grafts..."
The most deadly fruit is borne by the hatred which one grafts on an extinguished friendship. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quote: "For me the greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity."
For me the greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
The true value of man is not determined by his possession, supposed or real, of Truth, but rather by his sincere exertion to get to the Truth. It is not possession of Truth by which he extends his powers and in which his ever-growing perfectability is to be found. Possession makes one passive, indolent and proud. If God were to hold all Truth concealed in his right hand, and in his left only the steady and diligent drive for Truth, albeit with the proviso that I would always and forever err... Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quote: "A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect..."
A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quote: "Let the devil catch you but by a single hair, and you are his..."
Let the devil catch you but by a single hair, and you are his forever. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quote: "Absolute truth belongs to Thee alone."
Absolute truth belongs to Thee alone. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
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
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quote: "A heretic is a man who sees with his own eyes."
A heretic is a man who sees with his own eyes. 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
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quote: "They make glorious shipwreck who are lost in seeking worlds."
They make glorious shipwreck who are lost in seeking worlds. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quote: "One can drink too much, but one never drinks enough."
One can drink too much, but one never drinks enough. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quote: "If some things don't make you lose your sense of reason, then..."
If some things don't make you lose your sense of reason, then you have none to lose. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quote: "For the will and not the gift makes the giver."
For the will and not the gift makes the giver. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quote: "The aspiration to truth is more precious than its assured..."
The aspiration to truth is more precious than its assured possession. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

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