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Absolute truth belongs to Thee alone.

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

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

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

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They make glorious shipwreck who are lost in seeking worlds.

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Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.

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

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

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For the will and not the gift makes the giver.

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

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Biography

Nationality: German

Type: Critic

Born: January 22nd, 1729

Died: February 15th, 1781

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