Jean Paul Quotes
Top 80 wise famous quotes and sayings by Jean Paul
Jean Paul Famous Quotes & Sayings
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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.
Because the heart beats under a covering of hair, of fur, feathers, or wings, it is, for that reason, to be of no account?
Without God there is for mankind no purpose, no goal, no hope, only a wavering future, an eternal dread of every darkness.
Man has here two and a half minutes-one to smile, one to sigh, and a half to love: for in the midst of this minute he dies.
The guardian angels of life sometimes fly so high as to be beyond our sight, but they are always looking down upon us.
Never write on a subject without first having read yourself full on it; and never read on a subject till you have thought yourself hungry on it.
The Infinate has sowed His name in the heavens in burning stars, but on earth He has sowed His name in tender flowers.
Beauty attracts us men; but if, like an armed magnet it is pointed, beside, with gold and silver, it attracts with tenfold power.
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.
The purer the golden vessel, the more readily is it bent; the higher worth of woman is sooner lost than that of man.
The darkness of death is like the evening twilight; it makes all objects appear more lovely to the dying.
Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that you will not meet again in this life.
The heart needs not for its heaven much space, nor many stars therein, if only the star of love has arisen.
In science the new is an advance; but in morals, as contradicting our inner ideals and historic idols, it is ever a retrogression.
Poverty is the only load which is the heavier the more loved ones there are to assist in bearing it.
Nations and men are only the best when they are the gladdest, and deserve heaven when they enjoy it.
Flowers never emit so sweet and strong a fragrance as before a storm. When a storm approaches thee, be as fragrant as a sweet-smelling flower.
How narrow our souls become when absorbed in any present good or ill! It is only the thought of the future that makes them great.
Fancy rules over two thirds of the universe, the past, and future, while reality is confined to the present
There are souls which fall from heaven like flowers, but ere they bloom are crushed under the foul tread of some brutal hoof.