Quotes from Jean Paul


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

    Inspirational | Joy | Evening


    Woman and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves, but the first to rescue when others are in danger.

    Men | Woman | Themselves


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

    Clearly


    Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.

    Forgiveness | Beautiful


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

    Worth | Mouth | Actions


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

    Joy | Gift | Leaving


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

    Wisdom | Change | Strong


    The miracle on earth are the laws of heaven.

    Heaven | Earth | Miracle


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

    Death | Darkness | Dying


    Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time.

    Birthday | Time | Feathers


    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.

    Good | Evil | Moral


    Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life.

    Music | Life | Night


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

    Wisdom | Life | Sand


    Sorrows are like thunderclouds, in the distance they look black, over our heads scarcely gray.

    Sad | Black | Distance


    Every man has a rainy corner of his life whence comes foul weather which follows him.

    Life | Weather | Rainy


    Because the heart beats under a covering of hair, of fur, feathers, or wings, it is, for that reason, to be of no account?

    Heart | Hair | Wings


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

    Health | Sleep | Riches


    God is an unutterable sigh, planted in the depths of the soul.

    God | Soul | Depths


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

    Courage | Seeing | Danger


    Every man regards his own life as the New Year's Eve of time.

    Life | Time | Year


       

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