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LESSING, Gotthold E. Quotes
(1729-1781), German dramatist and critic
Would that we could at once paint with the eyes!—In the long way from the eye through the arm to the pencil, how much is lost!
Borrowing is not much better than begging.
The most agreeable of all companions is a simple, frank man, without any high pretensions to an oppressive greatness; one who loves life, and understands the use of it; obliging, alike, at all hours; above all, of a golden temper, and steadfast as an anchor.—For such an one we gladly exchange the greatest genius, the most brilliant wit, the profoundest thinker.
It is the will, and not the gift that makes the giver.
A grateful thought toward heaven is of itself a prayer.
Think wrongly, if you please; but in all cases think for yourself.
How can such deep-imprinted images sleep in us at times, till a word, a sound, awake them?
Would that we could at once paint with the eyes!—In the long way from the eye, through the arm, to the pencil, how much is lost!
The most agreeable of all companions is a simple, frank man, without any high pretensions to an oppressive greatness—one who loves life, and understands the use of it; obliging alike at all hours; above all, of a golden temper, and steadfast as an anchor. For such an one we gladly exchange the greatest genius, the most brilliant wit, the profoundest thinker.
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