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Jean Paul Quotes

Old men's lives are lengthened shadows; their evening sun falls coldly on the Earth, but the shadows all point to the morning Picture Quote #1

The heart needs not for its heaven much space, nor many stars therein, if only the star of love has arisen Picture Quote #1

Look upon every day, o youth, as the whole of life, not merely as a section, and enjoy the present without wishing through haste, to spring on to another Picture Quote #1

A small sorrow distracts, a great one makes us collected; as a bell loses its clear tone when slightly cracked, and recovers it if the fissure is enlarged Picture Quote #1

Women are like thermometers, which on a sudden application of heat sink at first a few degrees, as a preliminary to rising a good many Picture Quote #1

Girls, like the priestesses of old, should be educated only in sacred places, and never hear, nor much less see, what is rude, immoral, or violent Picture Quote #1

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Stately Spring! Whose robe - folds are valleys, whose breast - bouquet is gardens, and whose blush is a vernal evening Picture Quote #1

History, like religion, unites all learning and power, especially ancient history; that is, the history of the nations of the youthful world - Grecian and Roman, Jewish and early Christian Picture Quote #1

Time, which deadens hatred, secretly strengthens love; and in the hour of threatened separation its growth is manifested at once in radiant brightness Picture Quote #1

Liars act like the salt miners; they undermine the truth, but leave just so much standing as is necessary to support the edifice Picture Quote #1

Woman's virtue is the music of stringed instruments, which sounds best in a room; but man's that of wind instruments, which sounds best in the open air Picture Quote #1

The most painful part of our bodily pain is that which is bodiless or immaterial, namely, our impatience, and the delusion that it will last forever Picture Quote #1

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And now he shook away the snow of time from the winter green of memory, and beheld the fair years of his childhood uncovered, fresh, green, and balmy, standing afar off before him Picture Quote #1

Not the cry, but the flight of a wild duck, says a Chinese author, leads the flock to fly and follow Picture Quote #1

The guardian angel of life sometimes flies so high that man cannot see it; but he always is looking down upon us, and will soon hover nearer to us Picture Quote #1

It sank deep into his heart, like the melody of a song sounding from out of childhood's days Picture Quote #1

O rest! Thou soft word! Autumnal flower of Eden! Moonlight of the spirit! Rest of the soul, when wilt thou hold our head that it may cease beating? Picture Quote #1

I would rather dwell in the dim fog of superstition than in air rarefied to nothing by the air - pump of unbelief - in which the panting breast expires, vainly and convulsively gasping for breath Picture Quote #1

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Winter, which strips the leaves from around us, makes us see the distant regions they formerly concealed; so does old age rob us of our enjoyments, only to enlarge the prospect, of eternity before us Picture Quote #1

We could not endure solitude were it not for the powerful companionship of hope, or of same unseen one Picture Quote #1

Music is the only one of the fine arts in which not only man, but all other animals, have a common property, mice and elephants, spiders and birds Picture Quote #1

Nothing can embellish a beautiful face more than a narrow band that indicates a small wound drawn cross wise over the brow Picture Quote #1

Women always show more taste in adorning others than themselves; and the reason is that their persons are like their hearts - they read another's better than they can their own Picture Quote #1

The purer the golden vessel, the more readily is it bent; the higher worth of woman is sooner lost than that of man Picture Quote #1

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Most of the poets of today have the spider's talent of spinning, but not her art of weaving Picture Quote #1

The echo of the nest life, the voice of our modest, fairer, holier soul, is audible only in a sorrow darkened bosom, as the nightingales warble when one veils their cage Picture Quote #1

Every man deems that he has precisely the trials and temptations which are the hardest of all for him to bear; but they are so, because they are the very ones he needs Picture Quote #1

There remains in the faces of women who are naturally serene and peaceful, and of those rendered so by religion, an after spring, and, later, an after summer, the reflex of their most beautiful bloom Picture Quote #1

What is even poverty itself, that a man should murmur under it? It is but as the pain of piercing a maiden's ear, and you hang precious jewels in the wound Picture Quote #1

Universal love is a glove without fingers, which fits all bands alike, and none closely; but true affection is like a glove with fingers, which fits one hand only, and sits close to that one Picture Quote #1

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Old men's lives are lengthened shadows; their evening sun falls coldly on the Earth, but the shadows all point to the morning (Jean Paul Quotes) The heart needs not for its heaven much space, nor many stars therein, if only the star of love has arisen (Jean Paul Quotes) Look upon every day, o youth, as the whole of life, not merely as a section, and enjoy the present without wishing through haste, to spring on to another (Jean Paul Quotes) A small sorrow distracts, a great one makes us collected; as a bell loses its clear tone when slightly cracked, and recovers it if the fissure is enlarged (Jean Paul Quotes) Women are like thermometers, which on a sudden application of heat sink at first a few degrees, as a preliminary to rising a good many (Jean Paul Quotes) Girls, like the priestesses of old, should be educated only in sacred places, and never hear, nor much less see, what is rude, immoral, or violent (Jean Paul Quotes) Stately Spring! Whose robe - folds are valleys, whose breast - bouquet is gardens, and whose blush is a vernal evening (Jean Paul Quotes) History, like religion, unites all learning and power, especially ancient history; that is, the history of the nations of the youthful world - Grecian and Roman, Jewish and early Christian (Jean Paul Quotes) Time, which deadens hatred, secretly strengthens love; and in the hour of threatened separation its growth is manifested at once in radiant brightness (Jean Paul Quotes) Liars act like the salt miners; they undermine the truth, but leave just so much standing as is necessary to support the edifice (Jean Paul Quotes) Woman's virtue is the music of stringed instruments, which sounds best in a room; but man's that of wind instruments, which sounds best in the open air (Jean Paul Quotes) The most painful part of our bodily pain is that which is bodiless or immaterial, namely, our impatience, and the delusion that it will last forever (Jean Paul Quotes) And now he shook away the snow of time from the winter green of memory, and beheld the fair years of his childhood uncovered, fresh, green, and balmy, standing afar off before him (Jean Paul Quotes) Not the cry, but the flight of a wild duck, says a Chinese author, leads the flock to fly and follow (Jean Paul Quotes) The guardian angel of life sometimes flies so high that man cannot see it; but he always is looking down upon us, and will soon hover nearer to us (Jean Paul Quotes) It sank deep into his heart, like the melody of a song sounding from out of childhood's days (Jean Paul Quotes) O rest! Thou soft word! Autumnal flower of Eden! Moonlight of the spirit! Rest of the soul, when wilt thou hold our head that it may cease beating? (Jean Paul Quotes) I would rather dwell in the dim fog of superstition than in air rarefied to nothing by the air - pump of unbelief - in which the panting breast expires, vainly and convulsively gasping for breath (Jean Paul Quotes) Winter, which strips the leaves from around us, makes us see the distant regions they formerly concealed; so does old age rob us of our enjoyments, only to enlarge the prospect, of eternity before us (Jean Paul Quotes) We could not endure solitude were it not for the powerful companionship of hope, or of same unseen one (Jean Paul Quotes) Music is the only one of the fine arts in which not only man, but all other animals, have a common property, mice and elephants, spiders and birds (Jean Paul Quotes) Nothing can embellish a beautiful face more than a narrow band that indicates a small wound drawn cross wise over the brow (Jean Paul Quotes) Women always show more taste in adorning others than themselves; and the reason is that their persons are like their hearts - they read another's better than they can their own (Jean Paul Quotes) The purer the golden vessel, the more readily is it bent; the higher worth of woman is sooner lost than that of man (Jean Paul Quotes) Most of the poets of today have the spider's talent of spinning, but not her art of weaving (Jean Paul Quotes) The echo of the nest life, the voice of our modest, fairer, holier soul, is audible only in a sorrow darkened bosom, as the nightingales warble when one veils their cage (Jean Paul Quotes) Every man deems that he has precisely the trials and temptations which are the hardest of all for him to bear; but they are so, because they are the very ones he needs (Jean Paul Quotes) There remains in the faces of women who are naturally serene and peaceful, and of those rendered so by religion, an after spring, and, later, an after summer, the reflex of their most beautiful bloom (Jean Paul Quotes) What is even poverty itself, that a man should murmur under it? It is but as the pain of piercing a maiden's ear, and you hang precious jewels in the wound (Jean Paul Quotes) Universal love is a glove without fingers, which fits all bands alike, and none closely; but true affection is like a glove with fingers, which fits one hand only, and sits close to that one (Jean Paul Quotes)

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