“For me the greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity.”
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–1781) writer, philosopher, publicist, and art critic
“… the truth holds the greatest magic, the greatest beauty, and sometimes the greatest danger….”
Source: Sphinx's Princess
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