Best Jean Paul Sayings
- Gray hairs seem to my fancy like the soft light of the moon, silvering over the evening of life. Evening
- The darkness of death is like the evening twilight; it makes all objects appear more lovely to the dying. All
- A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes anothers. Anothers
- Like a morning dream, life becomes more and more bright the longer we live, and the reason of everything appears more clear. What has puzzled… Age
- Sorrows are like thunderclouds, in the distance they look black, over our heads scarcely gray. Black
- Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that you will not meet again in this life. Absence
- There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and of leaving it behind them when they go. Attitude
- What makes old age so sad is not that our joys but our hopes cease. Age
- For sleep, riches and health to be truly enjoyed, they must be interrupted. Enjoyed
- The words that a father speaks to his children in the privacy of home are not heard by the world, but, as in whispering galleries,… Children
- Because the heart beats under a covering of hair, of fur, feathers, or wings, it is, for that reason, to be of no account? Account
- Beauty attracts us men; but if, like an armed magnet it is pointed, beside, with gold and silver, it attracts with tenfold power. Armed
- I have made as much out of myself as could be made of the stuff, and no man should require more. Man
- Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest. Bullets
- Poverty is the only load which is the heavier the more loved ones there are to assist in bearing it. Assist
- 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… Air
- There is a joy in sorrow which none but a mourner can know. Grief
- Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something. Gives
- 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… Breath
- Every friend is to the other a sun, and a sunflower also. He attracts and follows. Attracts
- It is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them. Easier
- There are souls which fall from heaven like flowers, but ere they bloom are crushed under the foul tread of some brutal hoof. Bloom
- Woman and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves, but the first to rescue when others are in danger. Affect
- As winter strips the leaves from around us, so that we may see the distant regions they formerly concealed, so old age takes away our… Age
- Two aged men, that had been foes for life, Met by a grave, and wept - and in those tears They washed away the memory… Aged