G. E. Lessing

G. E. Lessing Quotes


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- Philosopher, dramatist and critic January 22 , 1729 - February 15 , 1781 Amazon Top 10 Quotes by G. E. Lessing Read full biography

Trust no friend without faults, and love a maiden, but no angel.

G. E. Lessing

Quoted in Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern English and Foreign Sources - 1899 by James Wood.


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Man - who is he? Too bad, to be the work of God: Too good for the work of chance!

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quoted in Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern English and Foreign Sources - 1899 by James Wood.


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Better counsel comes overnight.

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Emilia Galotti - 1772, Act IV, scene III


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Pearls mean tears.

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Emilia Galotti - 1772, Act II, scene VIII.


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It is the mark of great people to treat trifles as trifles and important matters as important.

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Hamburgische Dramaturgie - 1767 - 1769, Vierunddreißigstes Stück Den 25. August 1767.


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