Quotes by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

A blush is the sign which Nature hangs out to show where chastity and honor dwell.

Chastity

Honor

Shows

A heretic is a man who sees with his own eyes

Eye

Men

Wisdom

A man who does not lose his reason over certain things has none to lose.

Doe

Men

Reason

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

Gratitude

Prayer

Thanksgiving

Absolute truth belongs to Thee alone.

Absolute Truth

Thee

Truth Is

As the stag which the huntsman has hit flies through bush and brake, over stock and stone, thereby exhausting his strength but not expelling the deadly bullet from his body; so does experience show that they who have troubled consciences run from place to place, but carry with them wherever they go their dangerous wounds.

Bullets

Doe

Running

Borrowing is not much better than begging.

Begging You

Borrowing

Lending

But how many moments are already past! Ah! who thinks of those that are past?

Past

Thinking

Time

Did the Almighty, holding in his right hand truth, and in his left hand search after truth, deign to proffer me the one I might prefer, in all humility, but without hesitation, I should request search after truth.

Hands

Humility

Truth

Ein einziger dankbarer Gedanke gen Himmel ist das vollkommenste Gebet. One single grateful thought raised to heaven is the most perfect prayer.

Grateful

Perfect

Prayer

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Absolute Truth

Action

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Ambition

Art

Awake

Beauty

Beggar

Begging

Begging You

Believe

Bigotry

Blessing

Borrowing

Bullets

Certain

Chastity

Cheerfulness

Children

Clarity

Command

Comparison

Creator

Curiosity

Dancing

Death

Demigods

Destiny

Devil

Dizzy

Doe

Dream

Drinking

Drunk

Education

Effort

Ends

Evident

Eye

Failure

Fairy

Fairy Tale

Fantasy

Forever

Foxes

Friendship

Fruit

Giddy

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Quotes by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

A blush is the sign which Nature hangs out to show where chastity and honor dwell.

A heretic is a man who sees with his own eyes

A man who does not lose his reason over certain things has none to lose.

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

Absolute truth belongs to Thee alone.

Borrowing is not much better than begging.

But how many moments are already past! Ah! who thinks of those that are past?

Did the Almighty, holding in his right hand truth, and in his left hand search after truth, deign to proffer me the one I might prefer, in all humility, but without hesitation, I should request search after truth.

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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