Jean Paul Quotes (69 Quotes)

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

Age does not matter if the matter does not age.

Beauty attracts us men; but if, like an armed magnet it is pointed, beside, with gold and silver, it attracts with tenfold power.

Joys are our wings, sorrows our spurs.

Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that you will not meet again in this life.

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

It is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them.

Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations.

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

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 from a friend. He is a mirror, on which the warmth of our breath impedes the clearness of the reflection.

Despair is the only genuine atheism.

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

There is a joy in sorrow which none but a mourner can know.

I have made as much out of myself as could be made of the stuff, and no man should require more.

Without God there is for mankind no purpose, no goal, no hope, only a wavering future, an eternal dread of every darkness.

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

Cares are often more difficult to throw off than sorrows the latter die with time, the former grow.

Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm.

In youth one has tears without grief, in old age grief without tears.