What did Gotthold Ephraim Lessing mean by: He who doesn’t lose his wits over certain things has no wits to lose. - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Copy
+ A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Gratitude, Prayer, Thanksgiving, 0 - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
+ Who cannot resolve upon a moment’s notice To live his own life, he forever lives A slave to others. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Moments, Slave, 0 - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
+ For me the greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Beauty, Clarity, Lying, 0 - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
+ How can such deep-imprinted images sleep in us at times, till a word, a sound, awake them? Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Awake, Sleep, Sound, 0 - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
+ Resist as much as thou wilt; heaven’s ways are heaven’s ways. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Destiny, Heaven, 0 - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
+ What can the Creator see with greater pleasure than a happy creature? Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Cheerfulness, Creator, Pleasure, 0 - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
+ What education is to the individual, revelation is to the whole human race. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Individual, Race, Revelations, 0 - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
+ If the advice of a fool for once happens to be good, it requires a wise man to carry it out. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Advice, Wise, 0 - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
I never have wit until I am below stairs. [Fr., Je n’ai jamais d’esprit qu’au bas de l’escalier.] Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Where judgment has wit to express it, there’s the best orator. - William Penn Founder of the Province of Pennsylvania · England
Sometimes we meet a fool with wit, never one with discretion. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
The greatest fault of a penetrating wit is to go beyond the mark. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
Like a frog, the aphorist waits for something to fly by that he can catch with his tongue. - Mason Cooley Professor · USA