Citas de Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

• The true value of man is not determined by his possession, supposed or real, of Truth, but rather by his sincere exertion to get to the Truth. It is not possession of Truth by which he extends his powers and in which his ever-growing perfectability is to be found. Possession makes one passive, indolent and proud. If God were to hold all Truth concealed in his right hand, and in his left only the steady and diligent drive for Truth, albeit with the proviso that I would always and forever err in the process, and to offer me the choice, I would with all humility take the left hand.

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  Real, Humility, Men

  "Anti-Goeze (1778)". "God Is Not Great". Book by Christopher Hitchens. Chapter 19, 2007.

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• To look forward to pleasure is also a pleasure.

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  Looks, Pleasure

  "Minna von Barnhelm". Play by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. Act IV, scene VI, 1763.

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• La búsqueda de la verdad es más valiosa que su posesión.

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  Truth, Curiosity, Precious Possessions

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• Para mí, la mayor belleza reside siempre en la mayor claridad.

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  Beauty, Lying, Clarity

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• Nature meant woman to be her masterpiece.

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  Women, Masterpiece

  "Emilia Galotti", V, 7, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations, p. 886-97, 1922.

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• Un solo pensamiento agradecido hacia el cielo es la oración más perfecta.

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  Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Prayer

  Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Ernest Bell, Andrew Moore (2009). “Minna Von Barnhelm, Or, the Soldier's Fortune”, p.34, Mondial

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• When the heart dares to speak, it needs no preparation.

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  Heart, Preparation, Needs

  "Mina von Barnhelm" by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, V. 4, September 30, 1767.

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• The more we see the more we must be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.

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  Thinking, Able, Fantasy

  Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Ellen Frothingham (2013). “Laocoon: An Essay upon the Limits of Painting and Poetry”, p.17, Courier Corporation

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• Seamos perezosos en todo, excepto en amar y beber, excepto en ser perezosos.

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  Drinking, Drunk, Lazy

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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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  Superstitions, Loses, Bigotry

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• Ayer viví, hoy sufro, mañana muero; pero sigo pensando con cariño, hoy y mañana, en el ayer.

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  Thinking, Yesterday, Suffering

  'Lied aus dem Spanischen'

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

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  Reason, Ifs, Loses

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• Pleasures, riches, honor and joy are sure to have care, disgrace, adversity and affliction in their train. There is no pleasure without pain, no joy without sorrow. O the folly of expecting lasting felicity in a vale of tears, or a paradise in a ruined world.

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  Pain, Failure, Adversity

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• A blush is the sign which Nature hangs out to show where chastity and honor dwell.

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  Honor, Chastity, Shows

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• Un hereje es un hombre que ve con sus propios ojos

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  Wisdom, Eye, Men

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• Absolute truth belongs to Thee alone.

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  Truth Is, Thee, Absolute Truth

  'Wolfenbüttler Fragmente'

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• 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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  Love Life, Simple, Greatness

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• If the advice of a fool for once happens to be good, it requires a wise man to carry it out.

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  Wise, Men, Advice

  Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1868). “Nathan the Wise: A Dramatic Poem”, p.230

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• El que no pierde la cordura por ciertas cosas no tiene cordura que perder.

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  Tongue, Certain, Wit

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• It is not children only that one feeds with fairy tales.

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  Children, Fairy Tale, Fairy

  "Nathan der Weise" by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, III, 6, 1779.

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• Si el Todopoderoso, teniendo en su mano derecha la verdad, y en su mano izquierda la búsqueda de la verdad, se dignase ofrecerme la que yo prefiriese, con toda humildad, pero sin vacilar, yo pediría la búsqueda de la verdad.

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  Truth, Humility, Hands

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• For the will and not the gift makes the giver.

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  Dador

  "Nathan der Weise" by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, I. 5, 1779.

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• Who cannot resolve upon a moment's notice To live his own life, he forever lives A slave to others.

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  Forever, Moments, Slave

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• Pedir prestado no es mucho mejor que mendigar.

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  Begging You, Lending, Borrowing

  Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1950). “Nathan the Wise: (Nathan der Weise)”

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• Con un cielo despejado, un sol brillante y una brisa suave, tendrás amigos en abundancia; pero deja que la fortuna frunza el ceño y el firmamento se nuble, y entonces tus amigos serán como las cuerdas del laúd, de las que tensarás diez antes de encontrar una que soporte el estiramiento y mantenga el tono.

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  Friendship, Sky, Sun

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