What a father says to his children is not heard by the world, but it will be heard by posterity.
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Paradise is always where love dwells.Jean Paul Richter
It has been jestingly said that the works of John Paul Richter are almost unintelligible to any but the Germans, and even to some of them. A worthy German, just before Richter's death, edited a complete edition of his works, in which one particular passage fairly puzzled him. Determined to have it explained at the source, he went to John Paul himself. The author's reply was very characteristic 'My good friend, when I wrote that passage, God and I knew what it meant it is possible that God knows it still but as for me, I have totally forgotten.'
Jean Paul Richter
There is a certain noble pride, through which merits shine brighter than through modesty.
Jean Paul Richter
Our sorrows are like thunder-clouds, which seem black in the distance, but grow lighter as they approach.
Jean Paul Richter
What Cicero said of menthat they are like wines, age souring the bad, and bettering the goodwe can say of misfortune, that it has the same effect upon them.
Jean Paul Richter
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.
Jean Paul Richter
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