Earnest Quote by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

“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”

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Mocking laughter from Hell.

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The superstition in which we were brought up never loses its power over us, even after we understand it.

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

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Joy makes us giddy, dizzy.

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The real beggar is indeed the true and only king.

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We moderns do not believe in demigods, but our smallest hero we expect to feel and act as a demigod.

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Resist as much as thou wilt; heaven's ways are heaven's ways.

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The gift of prayer is not always at our command.

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