Jean Paul
Jean Paul
Jean Paul, born Johann Paul Friedrich Richter, was a German Romantic writer, best known for his humorous novels and stories...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth21 March 1763
CountryGermany
trying doe speed
For no one does life drag more disagreeably than for those who try to speed it up.
men doe
Man is not the sum of what he has already, but rather the sum of what he does not yet have, of what he could have.
believe doe responsible
When one does nothing, one believes oneself responsible for everything.
ideas doe slips
One does not adopt a new idea, one slips into it.
philosophy doe helping
Philosophy which does not help to illuminate the process of the liberation of the oppressed should be rejected.
philosophical doe cry
That God does not exist, I cannot deny, That my whole being cries out for God I cannot forget.
men nausea doe
I tell you in truth: all men are Prophets or else God does not exist.
dancing develop exercise exercises muscles powers single
Other exercises develop single powers and muscles, but dancing embellishes, exercises, and equalizes all the muscles at once.
body brevity soul
Brevity is the body and soul of wit.
action good ordinary
Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations.
cares die difficult former latter sorrow throw
Cares are often more difficult to throw off than sorrows; the latter die with time, the former grow.
gathered idleness miseries
Idleness is many gathered miseries in one name.
laughs laughter profoundly sad
No one is more profoundly sad as one who laughs too much.
clearer escaped hourglass wisdom
The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.