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

Quote by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

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

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

For the will and not the gift makes the giver.

For the will and not the gift makes the giver.

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

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

Would that we could at once paint with the eyes! In the long way from...

Would that we could at once paint with the eyes! In the long way from...

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

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

Let the devil catch you but by a single hair, and you are his forever

Let the devil catch you but by a single hair, and you are his forever

One can drink too much, but one never drinks enough.

One can drink too much, but one never drinks enough.

A heretic is a man who sees with his own eyes.

A heretic is a man who sees with his own eyes.

They make glorious shipwreck who are lost in seeking worlds.

They make glorious shipwreck who are lost in seeking worlds.

It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but...

It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but...

Let the devil catch you but by a single hair, and you are his forever.

Let the devil catch you but by a single hair, and you are his forever.

Absolute truth belongs to Thee alone.

Absolute truth belongs to Thee alone.

If some things dont make you lose your sense of reason, then you have none...

If some things dont make you lose your sense of reason, then you have none...

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

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

If some things don't make you lose your sense of reason, then you have none...

If some things don't make you lose your sense of reason, then you have none...

Mocking laughter from Hell.

Mocking laughter from Hell.

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

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

Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.

Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.

Drinking is the soldier's pleasure.

Drinking is the soldier's pleasure.

Eat - well is drink - well's brother

Eat - well is drink - well's brother

School is pointless! English: We speak it. History: They're dead, get over it. Math: 1+1...

School is pointless! English: We speak it. History: They're dead, get over it. Math: 1+1...

There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real...

There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real...

I think a good product would be Baby Duck Hat. It's a fake baby duck,...

I think a good product would be Baby Duck Hat. It's a fake baby duck,...