Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Quotes

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The most deadly fruit is borne by the hatred which one grafts on an extinguished friendship.

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Hatred, Most, Which, Deadly

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

Reach, Forward, Which, Possesses

A heretic is a man who sees with his own eyes.

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Own, His, Sees, Heretic

For the will and not the gift makes the giver.

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Gift, Will, Makes, Giver

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

Through, Paint, Could, Arm

Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Think, Please, Cases, Wrongly

Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy.

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Loving, Let Us, Drinking, Being Lazy

Let the devil catch you but by a single hair, and you are his forever.

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Hair, Single, His, Catch

A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer.

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Thankful, Single, Most, Heaven

For me the greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity.

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Beauty, Me, Always, Clarity

They make glorious shipwreck who are lost in seeking worlds.

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Lost, Shipwreck, Worlds, Glorious

He who doesn't lose his wits over certain things has no wits to lose.

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Over, His, Certain Things, Wits

Absolute truth belongs to Thee alone.

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Truth, Alone, Thee, Absolute

One can drink too much, but one never drinks enough.

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Never, Drinks, Too, Too Much

If some things don't make you lose your sense of reason, then you have none to lose.

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Lose, Reason, Some, Some Things

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