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Quotes from Nathan the Wise — Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

1729–1781 Germany

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The worst of superstitions is to think
One's own most bearable.

Nathan the Wise (1779)

I, who ne'er
Went for myself a begging, go a borrowing,
And that for others. Borrowing's much the same
As begging; just as lending upon usury
Is much the same as thieving.

Nathan the Wise (1779)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.