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!

Quote by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

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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.

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

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

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

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...

Absolute truth belongs to Thee alone.

Absolute truth belongs to Thee alone.

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...

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.

Mocking laughter from Hell.

Mocking laughter from Hell.

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.

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

In the English language there are orphans and widows, but there is no word for...

In the English language there are orphans and widows, but there is no word for...

There are no lessons to learn from the ones you save, no reason to remember...

There are no lessons to learn from the ones you save, no reason to remember...

Losing comes of winning money

Losing comes of winning money

Time makes more converts than reason.

Time makes more converts than reason.