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 …

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

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

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

The more we see the more we must be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

It is not children only that one feeds with fairy tales.

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Pleasures, riches, honor and joy are sure to have care, disgrace, adversity and affliction in their train. There is no pleasure without pain, no joy …

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Yesterday I lived, today I suffer, tomorrow I die; but I still think fondly, today and tomorrow, of yesterday.

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

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

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Nature meant woman to be her masterpiece.

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

The search for truth is more precious than its possession.

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing