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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quotes: They make glorious shipwreck who are lost in seeking worlds.

They make glorious shipwreck who are lost in seeking worlds.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quotes: It's easier to swoon in pious dreams Than do good actions.

It's easier to swoon in pious dreams Than do good actions.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quotes: To look forward to pleasure is also a pleasure.

To look forward to pleasure is also a pleasure.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quotes: The gift of prayer is not always at our command.

The gift of prayer is not always at our command.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quotes: What education is to the individual, revelation is to the whole human race.

What education is to the individual, revelation is to the whole human race.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quotes: The most deadly fruit is borne by the hatred which one grafts on an extinguished friendship.

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

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quotes: 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 quotes: A blush is the sign which Nature hangs out to show where chastity and honor dwell.

A blush is the sign which Nature hangs out to show where chastity and honor dwell.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quotes: One can drink too much, but one never drinks enough.

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

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quotes: A man who does not lose his reason over certain things has none to lose.

A man who does not lose his reason over certain things has none to lose.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quotes: The searcher's eye Not seldom finds more than he wished to find.

The searcher's eye Not seldom finds more than he wished to find.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quotes: For the will and not the gift makes the giver.

For the will and not the gift makes the giver.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quotes: Let the devil catch you but by a single hair, and you are his forever.

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

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quotes: Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy.

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

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quotes: Yesterday I lived, today I suffer, tomorrow I die; but I still think fondly, today and tomorrow, of yesterday.

Yesterday I lived, today I suffer, tomorrow I die; but I still think fondly, today and tomorrow, of yesterday.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quotes: The lion is ashamed, it's true, when he hunts with the fox.

The lion is ashamed, it's true, when he hunts with the fox.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quotes: Nothing under the sun is accidental, least of all that of which the intention is so clearly evident.

Nothing under the sun is accidental, least of all that of which the intention is so clearly evident.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quotes: Nature intended that woman should be her masterpiece.

Nature intended that woman should be her masterpiece.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quotes: The end-purpose of all art is enjoyment!

The end-purpose of all art is enjoyment!

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quotes: To borrow scarce is better than to beg; As lending, lending upon interest, Scarce better is than stealing.

To borrow scarce is better than to beg; As lending, lending upon interest, Scarce better is than stealing.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quotes: How can such deep-imprinted images sleep in us at times, till a word, a sound, awake them?

How can such deep-imprinted images sleep in us at times, till a word, a sound, awake them?

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quotes: It is medicine, not poison, I offer you.

It is medicine, not poison, I offer you.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quotes: When the heart dares to speak, it needs no preparation.

When the heart dares to speak, it needs no preparation.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quotes: He who doesn't lose his wits over certain things has no wits to lose.

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

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quotes: The search for truth is more precious than its possession.

The search for truth is more precious than its possession.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quotes: Nature meant woman to be her masterpiece.

Nature meant woman to be her masterpiece.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quotes: Absolute truth belongs to Thee alone.

Absolute truth belongs to Thee alone.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quotes: Joy makes us giddy, dizzy.

Joy makes us giddy, dizzy.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quotes: Let each man say what he deems truth, and let truth itself be commended unto God.

Let each man say what he deems truth, and let truth itself be commended unto God.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quotes: Resist as much as thou wilt; heaven's ways are heaven's ways.

Resist as much as thou wilt; heaven's ways are heaven's ways.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quotes: If the advice of a fool for once happens to be good, it requires a wise man to carry it out.

If the advice of a fool for once happens to be good, it requires a wise man to carry it out.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quotes: Pure truth is for God alone.

Pure truth is for God alone.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quotes: Who cannot resolve upon a moment's notice To live his own life, he forever lives A slave to others.

Who cannot resolve upon a moment's notice To live his own life, he forever lives A slave to others.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quotes: The superstition in which we were brought up never loses its power over us, even after we understand it.

The superstition in which we were brought up never loses its power over us, even after we understand it.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quotes: It is not I who die, when I die, but my sin and misery.

It is not I who die, when I die, but my sin and misery.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quotes: Nothing under the sun is ever accidental.

Nothing under the sun is ever accidental.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quotes: What can the Creator see with greater pleasure than a happy creature?

What can the Creator see with greater pleasure than a happy creature?

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quotes: If some things don't make you lose your sense of reason, then you have none to lose.

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

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quotes: Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.

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

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quotes: It is not children only that one feeds with fairy tales.

It is not children only that one feeds with fairy tales.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quotes: The true vagrant is the only king above all comparison.

The true vagrant is the only king above all comparison.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quotes: The superstition in which we grew up, Though we may recognize it, does not lose Its power over us.-Not all are free Who make mock of their chains.

The superstition in which we grew up, Though we may recognize it, does not lose Its power over us.-Not all are free Who make mock of their chains.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quotes: 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 quotes: The more we see the more we must be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.

The more we see the more we must be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quotes: The real beggar is indeed the true and only king.

The real beggar is indeed the true and only king.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quotes: Ein einziger dankbarer Gedanke gen Himmel ist das vollkommenste Gebet. One single grateful thought raised to heaven is the most perfect prayer.

Ein einziger dankbarer Gedanke gen Himmel ist das vollkommenste Gebet. One single grateful thought raised to heaven is the most perfect prayer.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quotes: But how many moments are already past!Ah! who thinks of those that are past?

But how many moments are already past!
Ah! who thinks of those that are past?

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quotes: A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer.

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

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quotes: We moderns do not believe in demigods, but our smallest hero we expect to feel and act as a demigod.

We moderns do not believe in demigods, but our smallest hero we expect to feel and act as a demigod.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quotes: 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!

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!