Best Jean Paul Quotes
- A scholar knows no boredom. Boredom
- With so many thousand joys, is it not black ingratitude to call the world a place of sorrow and torment? Black
- Has it never occurred to us, when surrounded by sorrows, that they may be sent to us only for our instruction, as we darken the… Bird
- For sleep, riches and health to be truly enjoyed and gratefully appreciated, they must be interrupted so the person can see that not having them… Appreciated
- Jesus is the purest among the mighty, and the mightiest among the pure, who, with his pierced hand has raised empires from their foundations, turned… Age
- It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise. Easy
- What Cicero said of men-that they are like wines, age souring the bad, and bettering the good-we can say of misfortune, that it has the… Age
- People will not bear it when advice is violently given, even if it is well founded. Hearts are flowers; they remain open to the softly… Advice
- A sky full of silent suns. Full
- For no one does life drag more disagreeably than for those who try to speed it up. Disagreeably
- Nations and men are only the best when they are the gladdest, and deserve heaven when they enjoy it. Best
- See, indeed, that your daughter is thoroughly grounded and experienced in household duties; but take care, through religion and poetry, to keep her heart open… Care
- The purer the golden vessel, the more readily is it bent; the higher worth of woman is sooner lost than that of man. Bent
- God is an unutterable sigh, planted in the depths of the soul. Depth
- You prove your worth with your actions, not with your mouth. Action
- Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time. Birthday
- Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another. Beautiful
- Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life. Funny Music
- Every man regards his own life as the New Year's Eve of time. Eve
- Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm. Descends
- The miracle on earth are the laws of heaven. Earth
- Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence. Brought
- A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward. Adventure
- 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… Atmosphere
- Every man has a rainy corner of his life whence comes foul weather which follows him. Comes Foul