Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy. ”

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

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

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. ”

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

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