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The true beggar is . . . the true king!

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Ein einziger dankbarer Gedanke gen Himmel ist das vollkommenste Gebet .

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No person must have to.

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The superstition in which we grew up, / Though we may recognize it, does not lose / Its power over us.—Not all are free / Who make mock of their chains.
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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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The searcher’s eye / Not seldom finds more than he wished to find.
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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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It’s easier to swoon in pious dreams / Than do good actions.
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The lion is ashamed, it’s true, when he / Hunts with the fox:—of foxes, not of guile.
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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1781) is considered one of the greatest German playwrights and one of the most important thinkers of the Enlightenment. Born in Kamenz, Saxony, he studied theology and medicine, but soon dedicated himself to literature and theater. His plays, such as "Nathan the Wise" and "Emilia Galotti," address themes of religious tolerance, morality, and individual freedom. Lessing was also an influential literary critic, advocating for the autonomy of art and establishing principles for modern theatrical criticism in his work "Hamburg Dramaturgy." His thought profoundly marked German and European culture.