Ah! The seasons of love roll not backward but onward, downward forever. — Jean Paul Forever Copy Share Image
A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another s. — Jean Paul Character Copy Share Image
Man has here two and a half minutes-one to smile, one to sigh, and a half to love: for in the midst… — Jean Paul Dies Copy Share Image
For no one does life drag more disagreeably than for those who try to speed it up. — Jean Paul Doe Copy Share Image
Poverty is the only load which is the heavier the more loved ones there are to assist in bearing it. — Jean Paul Heavier Copy Share Image
Individuality is to be preserved and respected everywhere, as the root of everything good. — Jean Paul Conscience Copy Share Image
I have made as much out of myself as could be made of the stuff, and no man should require more. — Jean Paul Made Copy Share Image
What makes old age so sad is, not that our joys, but that our hopes then cease. — Jean Paul Age Copy Share Image
In science the new is an advance; but in morals, as contradicting our inner ideals and historic idols, it is ever a… — Jean Paul Character Copy Share Image
The words that a father speaks to his children in the privacy of home are not heard by the world, but, as… — Jean Paul Children Copy Share Image
For sleep, riches and health to be truly enjoyed and gratefully appreciated, they must be interrupted so the person can see that… — Jean Paul Appreciated Copy Share Image
I would rather dwell in the dim fog of superstition than in air rarefied to nothing by the air-pump of unbelief-in which… — Jean Paul Air Copy Share Image
The gymnasium of running, walking on stilts, climbing, etc. stells and makes hardy single powers and muscles, but dancing, like a corporeal… — Jean Paul Climbing Copy Share Image
See, indeed, that your daughter is thoroughly grounded and experienced in household duties; but take care, through religion and poetry, to keep… — Jean Paul Care Copy Share Image
Gray hairs seem to my fancy like the soft light of the moon, silvering over the evening of life. — Jean Paul Evening Copy Share Image
Sorrows are like thunderclouds, in the distance they look black, over our heads scarcely gray. — Jean Paul Black Copy Share Image
Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm. — Jean Paul Dew Copy Share Image
With so many thousand joys, is it not black ingratitude to call the world a place of sorrow and torment? — Jean Paul Black Copy Share Image
Never write on a subject without first having read yourself full on it; and never read on a subject till you have… — Jean Paul Firsts Copy Share Image
A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward. — Jean Paul Courage Copy Share Image
What a father says to his children is not heard by the world, but it will be heard by posterity. — Jean Paul Children Copy Share Image
The Infinate has sowed His name in the heavens in burning stars, but on earth He has sowed His name in tender… — Jean Paul Astronomy Copy Share Image
If self-knowledge is the road to virtue, so is virtue still more the road to self-knowledge. — Jean Paul Character Copy Share Image
There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and of leaving it behind them when they… — Jean Paul Joy Copy Share Image
There are souls which fall from heaven like flowers, but ere they bloom are crushed under the foul tread of some brutal… — Jean Paul Brutal Copy Share Image
Every man has a rainy corner of his life whence comes foul weather which follows him. — Jean Paul Every man Copy Share Image
Because the heart beats under a covering of hair, of fur, feathers, or wings, it is, for that reason, to be of… — Jean Paul Beats Copy Share Image
Nations and men are only the best when they are the gladdest, and deserve heaven when they enjoy it. — Jean Paul Deserve Copy Share Image
Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it. — Jean Paul Conquering Copy Share Image
A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes anothers. — Jean Paul Character Copy Share Image
For the Infinite has sowed his name in the heavens in burning stars, but on the earth He has sowed his name… — Jean Paul Astronomy Copy Share Image
The darkness of death is like the evening twilight; it makes all objects appear more lovely to the dying. — Jean Paul Darkness Copy Share Image
The heart needs not for its heaven much space, nor many stars therein, if only the star of love has arisen. — Jean Paul Astronomy Copy Share Image
