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Type: Author Quotes Category: German Author Quotes Date of Birth: March 21, 1763 Date of Death: November 14, 1825 Nationality: German Find on Amazon: Jean Paul Related Authors: Herman Hesse Cornelia Funke Karl Philipp Moritz Gunther Grass Berthold Auerbach Wolfgang Hildesheimer Gunter Grass Hans Magnus Enzensberger Widget to Facebook, MySpace, iGoogle, Blogger, and more |
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A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another s.
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Jean Paul A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward. Jean Paul Age does not matter if the matter does not age. Jean Paul As winter strips the leaves from around us, so that we may see the distant regions they formerly concealed, so old age takes away our enjoyments only to enlarge the prospect of the coming eternity. Jean Paul Be great in act, as you have been in thought. Jean Paul Beauty attracts us men; but if, like an armed magnet it is pointed, beside, with gold and silver, it attracts with tenfold power. Jean Paul Because the heart beats under a covering of hair, of fur, feathers, or wings, it is, for that reason, to be of no account? Jean Paul Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it. Jean Paul Death gives us sleep, eternal youth, and immortality. Jean Paul Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations. Jean Paul Every friend is to the other a sun, and a sunflower also. He attracts and follows. Jean Paul Every man has a rainy corner of his life whence comes foul weather which follows him. Jean Paul Every man regards his own life as the New Year's Eve of time. Jean Paul For sleep, riches and health to be truly enjoyed, they must be interrupted. Jean Paul God is an unutterable sigh, planted in the depths of the soul. Jean Paul Good actions ennoble us, we are the sons of our own deeds. Jean Paul Gray hairs seem to my fancy like the soft light of the moon, silvering over the evening of life. Jean Paul Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another. Jean Paul I have made as much out of myself as could be made of the stuff, and no man should require more. Jean Paul It is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them. Jean Paul |
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