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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For the will and not the gift makes the giver.

For the will and not the gift makes the giver.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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...

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.

Absolute truth belongs to Thee alone.

Absolute truth belongs to Thee alone.

Mocking laughter from Hell.

Mocking laughter from Hell.

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...

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 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.

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...

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.

To refrain from evil and from strong drink and to be always, steadfast in virtue;...

To refrain from evil and from strong drink and to be always, steadfast in virtue;...

He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the...

He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the...

I am willing to taste any drink once.

I am willing to taste any drink once.