Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Quotes & Sayings

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

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

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

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

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

“Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.”

“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.”

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

“Absolute truth belongs to Thee alone.”

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