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He who doesn't lose his wits over certain things has no wits to lose.

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If some things don't make you lose your sense of reason, then you have none to lose.

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For the will and not the gift makes the giver.

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Let the devil catch you but by a single hair, and you are his forever.

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catch

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

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conformity

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

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beauty

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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believes

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

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drink

The most deadly fruit is borne by the hatred which one grafts on an extinguished friendship.

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The superstition in which we grew up,Though we may recognize it, does not loseIts power over us--Not all are freeWho make mock of their chains.

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They make glorious shipwreck who are lost in seeking worlds.

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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing is famous for his passion about lost, catch, devil, forever, single. Check out great quotations and affirmations on these topics.

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When was Gotthold Ephraim Lessing birthday? Gotthold Ephraim Lessing was born on October 16.

Who is Gotthold Ephraim Lessing? Some facts about Gotthold Ephraim Lessing from biography. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (22 January 1729 – 15 February 1781) was a German writer, philosopher, dramatist, publicist, and art critic, and one of the most outstanding representatives of the Enlightenment era. His plays and theoretical writings substantially influenced the development of German lite... Read more about Gotthold Ephraim Lessing on Wikipedia or watch videos with quotes from Gotthold Ephraim Lessing on YouTube.