Jean Paul quotes - page 3

It is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them. (Jean Paul)
I have made as much out of myself as could be made of the stuff, and no man should require more. View quote
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Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something. View quote
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The virtues, like the body, become strong more by labor than by nourishment. View quote
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A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another s. View quote
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Art is indeed not the bread but the wine of life. View quote
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Joys are our wings, sorrows our spurs. View quote
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The end we aim at must be known, before the way can be made. View quote
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Despair is the only genuine atheism. View quote
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Age does not matter if the matter does not age. View quote
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Live your life and forget your age. (Jean Paul)
Death gives us sleep, eternal youth, and immortality. View quote
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Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations. View quote
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Good actions ennoble us, we are the sons of our own deeds. View quote
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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. View quote
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Never write on a subject until you have read yourself full of it. View quote
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Weaklings must lie. View quote
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There is a joy in sorrow which none but a mourner can know. View quote
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Without God there is for mankind no purpose, no goal, no hope, only a wavering future, an eternal dread of every darkness. View quote
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The look of a king is itself a deed. View quote
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Humankind's chief fault is that they have so many small ones. (Jean Paul)
No heroine can create a hero through love of one, but she can give birth to one. View quote
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