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Pleasures, riches, honor and joy are sure to have care, disgrace, adversity and affliction in their train. There is no pleasure without pain, no joy without sorrow. O the folly of expecting lasting felicity in a vale of tears, or a paradise in a ruined world.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Age: 52 †
Born: 1729
Born: January 22
Died: 1781
Died: February 15
Critic
Dramaturge
Journalist
Librarian
Literary Critic
Lyricist
Philosopher
Playwright
Poet
Theologian
Writer
Father of German Literature
Pleasure
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Affliction
Sure
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Ruined
Pain
Sorrow
Pleasures
Care
Discipline
Expecting
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Tears
Lasting
World
Honor
Riches
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Failure
Paradise
Felicity
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Folly
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