Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
(22 January 1729 – 15 February 1781) German philosopher, dramatist, publicist and art critic, and a representative of the Enlightenment era.
The more beautiful a woman is, the more honest she should be because it is only through honesty that she can deal with all the evil and damage which her beauty can produce.
Religion is true not because it was taught by the saints, but the saints taught it, because it is true.
Until I can see that the major commandment of Christ-love your enemies-is being fulfilled, I will continue to believe that many people are not real Christians, but only pretend to be Christians.
The merit of a man is not in the knowledge he possesses, but in the effort he made to achieve it.
