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
success men literature
I have made as much out of myself as could be made of the stuff, and no man should require more.
beauty party literature
Whenever, at a party, I have been in the mood to study fools, I have always looked for a great beauty: they always gather round her like flies around a fruit stall.
men literature firsts
Woman and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves, but the first to rescue when others are in danger.
giving literature pleasure
Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something.
poverty literature loved-ones
Poverty is the only load which is the heavier the more loved ones there are to assist in bearing it.
reality men literature
Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest.
god soul literature
God is an unutterable sigh, planted in the depths of the soul.
men literature world
The world would get along very well without literature. It would get along even better without man.
philosophical literature trouble
If literature isn't everything, it's not worth a single hour of someone's trouble.
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.