“Ein ehrlicher Mann mag stecken, in welchem Kleide er will, man muss ihn lieben.”
Source: Emilia Galotti
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Famous Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Quotes
Source: Philotas
Source: Miss Sara Sampson
“Was ist ein Held ohne Menschenliebe!”
Source: Philotas
“Eine Rose gebrochen, ehe der Sturm sie entblättert.”
Source: Emilia Galotti
Source: Emilia Galotti
Source: Miss Sara Sampson
“Nicht die Kinder bloß, speist man mit Märchen ab.”
Source: Nathan der Weise
“Borrowing is not much better than begging.”
Source: Nathan the Wise: (Nathan der Weise)
“A blush is the sign which Nature hangs out to show where chastity and honor dwell.”
“They make glorious shipwreck who are lost in seeking worlds.”
Source: Nathan the Wise: A Dramatic Poem
Source: Nathan the Wise: A Dramatic Poem
“Let the devil catch you but by a single hair, and you are his forever.”
“What can the Creator see with greater pleasure than a happy creature?”
“How can such deep-imprinted images sleep in us at times, till a word, a sound, awake them?”
“Resist as much as thou wilt; heaven's ways are heaven's ways.”
“If the advice of a fool for once happens to be good, it requires a wise man to carry it out.”
Source: Nathan the Wise: A Dramatic Poem
“But how many moments are already past! Ah! who thinks of those that are past?”
“What education is to the individual, revelation is to the whole human race.”
“A man who does not lose his reason over certain things has none to lose.”
“For me the greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity.”
“A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer.”
Source: Minna Von Barnhelm, Or, the Soldier's Fortune