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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
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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Age: 52 †
Born: 1729
Born: January 22
Died: 1781
Died: February 15
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The more we see the more we must be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.
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To borrow scarce is better than to beg As lending, lending upon interest, Scarce better is than stealing.
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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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Ein einziger dankbarer Gedanke gen Himmel ist das vollkommenste Gebet. One single grateful thought raised to heaven is the most perfect prayer.
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Pure truth is for God alone.
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A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer.
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Borrowing is not much better than begging.
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The real beggar is indeed the true and only king.
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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!
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Nothing under the sun is accidental, least of all that of which the intention is so clearly evident.
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