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1. "Laß uns faul in allen Sachen, nur nicht faul zu Lieb und Wein, nur nicht faul zur Faulheit sein." ~ Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
2. "Ein Hurenhaus geriet um Mitternacht in Brand.Schnell sprang, zum Löschen oder Retten,Ein Dutzend Mönche von den Betten.Wo waren die? Sie waren – – bei der Hand.Ein Hurenhaus geriet in Brand." ~ Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
3. "Nicht die Wahrheit, in deren Besitz irgend ein Mensch ist oder zu sein vermeinet, sondern die aufrichtige Mühe, die er angewandt hat, hinter die Wahrheit zu kommen, macht den Wert des Menschen." ~ Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
4. "Grabschrift auf einen GehenktenHier ruht er, wenn der Wind nicht weht!" ~ Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
5. "«Vedete, così la penso io: se al beneche vorrei fare si avvicina troppoun grande male, allora preferisconon fare affatto il bene. Perché il malenoi sappiamo benissimo qual è,il bene molto meno.»" ~ Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
6. "He who doesn't lose his wits over certain things has no wits to lose." ~ Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
7. "Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy." ~ Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
8. "Absolute truth belongs to Thee alone." ~ Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
9. "Let the devil catch you but by a single hair, and you are his forever." ~ Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
10. "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." ~ Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
11. "For the will and not the gift makes the giver." ~ Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
12. "One can drink too much, but one never drinks enough." ~ Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
13. "They make glorious shipwreck who are lost in seeking worlds." ~ Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
14. "The true value of man is not determined by his possession, supposed or real, of Truth, but rather by his sincere exertion to get to the Truth. It is not possession of Truth by which he extends his powers and in which his ever-growing perfectability is to be found. Possession makes one passive, indolent and proud. If God were to hold all Truth concealed in his right hand, and in his left only the steady and diligent drive for Truth, albeit with the proviso that I would always and forever err in the process, and to offer me the choice, I would with all humility take the left hand." ~ Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
15. "If some things don't make you lose your sense of reason, then you have none to lose." ~ Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
16. "A heretic is a man who sees with his own eyes." ~ Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
17. "The most deadly fruit is borne by the hatred which one grafts on an extinguished friendship." ~ Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

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