Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quotes

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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
Truth
Effort
Man
Worth
A heretic is a man who sees with his own eyes.
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Eyes
Man
A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer.
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Thought
Heaven
Prayer
Absolute truth belongs to Thee alone.
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Truth
For the will and not the gift makes the giver.
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Will
If some things don't make you lose your sense of reason, then you have none to lose.
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Reason
Sense
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
Eye
Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy.
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Being
Drinking
One can drink too much, but one never drinks enough.
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Drinks
The most deadly fruit is borne by the hatred which one grafts on an extinguished friendship.
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Friendship
Hatred
They make glorious shipwreck who are lost in seeking worlds.
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Shipwreck
Let the devil catch you but by a single hair, and you are his forever.
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Devil
Hair
For me the greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity.
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Beauty
Clarity
Lies