Jean Paul quotes - page 2

Lift thyself up, look. around, and see something higher and brighter than earth, earthworms, and earthly darkness. (Jean Paul)
When in your last hour (think of this) all faculty in the broken spirit shall fade away, and sink into inanity - imagination, thought, effort, enjoyment - then will the flower of belief, which blossoms even in the night, remain to refresh you with its fragrance in the last darkness. View quote
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The wish falls often warm upon my heart that I may learn nothing here that I cannot continue in the other world; that I may do nothing here but deeds that will bear fruit in heaven. View quote
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Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence. View quote
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What makes old age so sad is not that our joys but our hopes cease. View quote
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Be great in act, as you have been in thought. View quote
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A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward. View quote
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Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it. View quote
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Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest. View quote
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Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm. View quote
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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)
Every man regards his own life as the New Year's Eve of time. View quote
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Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another. View quote
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Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm. View quote
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The words that a father speaks to his children in the privacy of home are not heard by the world, but, as in whispering galleries, they are clearly heard at the end, and by posterity. View quote
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For sleep, riches and health to be truly enjoyed, they must be interrupted. View quote
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Every friend is to the other a sun, and a sunflower also. He attracts and follows. View quote
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Poverty is the only load which is the heavier the more loved ones there are to assist in bearing it. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Woman and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves, but the first to rescue when others are in danger. (Jean Paul)
Two aged men, that had been foes for life, Met by a grave, and wept - and in those tears They washed away the memory of their strife; Then wept again the loss of all those years. View quote
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Every man has a rainy corner of his life whence comes foul weather which follows him. View quote
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There are souls which fall from heaven like flowers, but ere they bloom are crushed under the foul tread of some brutal hoof. View quote
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Whenever, at a party, I have been in the mood to study fools, I have always looked for a great beauty: they always gather round her like flies around a fruit stall. View quote
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