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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

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The true value of a man is not determined by his possession, supposed or real, of Truth, but rather by his sincere exertion to get to the Truth.


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


— 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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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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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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Absolute truth belongs to Thee alone.


— Gotthold Ephraim Lessing


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For the will and not the gift makes the giver.


— Gotthold Ephraim Lessing


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1881. and Helen Zimmern. After visiting Latin School in Kamenz (from 1737 onwards) and the Fürstenschule St.

His plays and theoretical writings substantially influenced the development of German literature. He is widely considered by theatre historians to be the first dramaturg. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (22 January 1729 – 15 February 1781) was a German writer philosopher dramatist publicist and art critic and one of the most outstanding representatives of the Enlightenment era.

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