“Better counsel comes overnight.”

— Gotthold Ephraim Lessing , book Emilia Galotti

Besserer Rat kommt über Nacht.
Emilia Galotti (1772), Act IV, scene III

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writer, philosopher, publicist, and art critic 1729–1781

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