Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Gotthold Ephraim Lessingwas a German writer, philosopher, dramatist, publicist and art critic, and one of the most outstanding representatives of the Enlightenment era. His plays and theoretical writings substantially influenced the development of German literature. He is widely considered by theatre historians to be the first dramaturg in his role at Abel Seyler's Hamburg National Theatre...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionCritic
Date of Birth22 January 1729
CountryGermany
drinking drunk lazy
Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy.
stealing lending interest
To borrow scarce is better than to beg; As lending, lending upon interest, Scarce better is than stealing.
time thinking past
But how many moments are already past! Ah! who thinks of those that are past?
wings gold wish
I know not whether there exists such a thing as a coin stamped with a pair of pinions; but I wish this were the device which monarchs put upon their dollars and ducats, to show that riches make to themselves wings, and fly away.