Quotes by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

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Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.
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Resist as much as thou wilt; heaven’s ways are heaven’s ways.
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Who cannot resolve upon a moment’s notice To live his own life, he forever lives A slave to others.
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It’s easier to swoon in pious dreams Than do good actions.
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The most deadly fruit is borne by the hatred which one grafts on an extinguished friendship.
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He who doesn’t lose his wits over certain things has no wits to lose.
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Ist dieses Land die Welt? Geht hier allein die Sonne auf?
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It is open to every man to choose the direction of his striving,” he explained, “and every man may take comfort from the fine saying that the search for truth is more precious than its possession.”70.
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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.
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There are things which must cause you to lose your reason or you have none to lose.
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