It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but by the earnest effort which he puts forward to reach the truth, which constitutes the worth of a man. For it is not by the possession, but the search after truth that he enlarges his power, wherein alone consists his ever-increasing perfection. - Gotthold Lessing

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Gotthold Lessing: "It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but by the earnest effort which he puts forward to reach the truth, which constitutes the worth of a man. For it is not by the possession, but the search after truth that he enlarges his power, wherein alone consists his ever-increasing perfection."

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Alone	Believes	Consists	Constitutes
Earnest	Effort	Enlarges	Everincreasing
Forward	Perfection	Possesses	Possession
Power	Puts	Reach	Search
Truth	Wherein	Worth

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