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
action good ordinary
Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations.
ennoble good sons
Good actions ennoble us, we are the sons of our own deeds.
friendship good-friend determined
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."
goodbye farewell men
Man's feelings are always purest and most glowing in the hour of meeting and of farewell.
assassins revolutionary good-enough
Intellectuals cannot be good revolutionaries; they are just good enough to be assassins.
evil be-good values
To choose this or that is to affirm at the same time the value of what we choose, because we can never choose evil. We always choose the good, and nothing can be good for us without being good for all.
assassins poor good-journalism
Better a good journalist than a poor assassin.
good-night sleep desire
I have such a desire to sleep and am so much behind my sleep. A good night, one good night and all this nonsense will be swept away.
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.
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.