Lessing, the most honest of theoretical men, dared to say that he took greater delight in the quest for truth than in the truth itself. (Friedrich Nietzsche)

Lessing, the most honest of theoretical men, dared to say that he took greater delight in the quest for truth than in the truth itself.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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