Quotes of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - somelinesforyou

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

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

“ A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most complete prayer. ”

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

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

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

“ 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. It is not possession of the Truth, but rather the pursuit of Truth by which he extends his powers and in which his evergrowing perfectibility is to be found. Possession makes one passive, indolent, and proud. ”

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

“ 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

“ 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. It is not possession of the Truth, but rather the pursuit of Truth by which he extends his powers and in which his evergrowing perfectibility is to be found. Possession makes one passive, indolent, and proud. ”

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

“ 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

“ 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. It is not possession of the Truth, but rather the pursuit of Truth by which he extends his powers and in which his evergrowing perfectibility is to be found. Possession makes one passive, indolent, and proud. ”

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

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

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

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

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

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

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

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

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

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

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

“ Suspicion follows close on mistrust. ”

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

“ Absolute truth belongs to Thee alone. ”

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

“ It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but by the earnest effort which he puts forward to reach the truth, which constitutes the worth of a man. For it is not by the possession, but the search after truth that he enlarges his power, wherein alone consists his ever-increasing perfection. ”

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

“ Suspicion follows close on mistrust. ”

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

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

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

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

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

“ They make glorious shipwreck who are lost in seeking worlds. ”

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

“ It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but by the earnest effort which he puts forward to reach the truth, which constitutes the worth of a man. For it is not by the possession, but the search after truth that he enlarges his power, wherein alone consists his ever-increasing perfection. ”

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

“ It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but by the earnest effort which he puts forward to reach the truth, which constitutes the worth of a man. For it is not by the possession, but the search after truth that he enlarges his power, wherein alone consists his ever-increasing perfection. ”

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

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

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

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

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

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

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

“ A single thankful thought towards heaven is the most perfect of all prayers. ”

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

“ Suspicion follows close on mistrust. ”

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

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

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

“ It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but by the earnest effort which he puts forward to reach the truth, which constitutes the worth of a man. For it is not by the possession, but the search after truth that he enlarges his power, wherein alone consists his ever-increasing perfection. ”

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

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

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
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