Jean Paul Quotes

German - Author March 21, 1763 - November 14, 1825

You prove your worth with your actions, not with your mouth. - Jean Paul

You prove your worth with your actions, not with your mouth. Jean Paul

You, Worth, Mouth, Prove, Your, Actions

The darkness of death is like the evening twilight; it makes all objects appear more lovely to the dying. Jean Paul

Darkness, Death, Evening, Dying, More

Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life. - Jean Paul

Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life. Jean Paul

Life, Music, Night, Moonlight, Gloomy

Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time. - Jean Paul

Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time. Jean Paul

Birthday, Time, Feathers, Birthdays, Our

We learn our virtues from our friends who love us; our faults from the enemy who hates us. We cannot easily discover our real character from a friend. He is a mirror, on which the warmth of our breath impedes the clearness of the reflection. Jean Paul

Love, Friend, Character, Reflection

Sorrows gather around great souls as storms do around mountains; but, like them, they break the storm and purify the air of the plain beneath them. Jean Paul

Nature, Great, Storm, Mountains, Air

The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it. - Jean Paul

The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it. Jean Paul

Life, Wisdom, Sand, Hourglass, See, More

Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm. Jean Paul

Inspirational, Joy, Evening, Down, Dew

The conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them; their notions of good and evil are the result of the moral atmosphere they breathe. Jean Paul

Good, Children, Evil, Good And Evil

Like a morning dream, life becomes more and more bright the longer we live, and the reason of everything appears more clear. What has puzzled us before seems less mysterious, and the crooked paths look straighter as we approach the end. Jean Paul

Life, Morning, Live, End, Look, Dream

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Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest. Jean Paul

Men, Go, Like, Bullets, Farthest

There are souls which fall from heaven like flowers, but ere they bloom are crushed under the foul tread of some brutal hoof. Jean Paul

Flowers, Fall, Heaven, Bloom, Like, Some

A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward. Jean Paul

Time, Courage, Person, Coward, Danger

Live your life and forget your age. Jean Paul

Life, Live, Age, Forget, Your

There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and of leaving it behind them when they go. Jean Paul

Joy, Gift, World, Finding, Leaving, Go

Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence. Jean Paul

Change, Wisdom, Strong, Situation, Out

Age does not matter if the matter does not age. Jean Paul

Age, Matter, Does

A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes anothers. Jean Paul

Character, Man, Never, Own, Clearly, He

Recollection is the only paradise from which we cannot be turned out. Jean Paul

Paradise, Out, Only, Cannot, Which

Poverty is the only load which is the heavier the more loved ones there are to assist in bearing it. Jean Paul

Loved, Poverty, More, Loved Ones, Only

Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it. Jean Paul

Courage, Seeing, Danger, Blindly

Every friend is to the other a sun, and a sunflower also. He attracts and follows. Jean Paul

Friend, Sun, Other, He, Every, Also

Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something. Jean Paul

Pleasure, More, Variety, Something, Than

Good actions ennoble us, we are the sons of our own deeds. Jean Paul

Good, Deeds, Own, Us, Sons, Actions

Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations. Jean Paul

Good, Action, Wait, Circumstances, Try

For sleep, riches and health to be truly enjoyed, they must be interrupted. - Jean Paul

For sleep, riches and health to be truly enjoyed, they must be interrupted. Jean Paul

Health, Sleep, Enjoyed, Riches, Must

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