Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Quotes
The most deadly fruit is borne by the hatred which one grafts on an extinguished friendship.
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Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim. Minna von Barnhelm. Translated by Ernest Bell, George Bell & Sons, 1890.
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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing was a German writer, philosopher, dramatist, publicist and art critic, and an outstanding representative 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.