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
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.
party men practice
I do not give a damn about the dead. They died for the [Communist] Party and the Party can decide what it wants. I practice a live man's politics, for the living.
struggle party mean
The [Communist] Party has one objective: the creation of a socialist economy; and one means: the utilization of the class struggle.
party mean power
What do you want to do with the [Communist] Party? A racing stable? What good is it to sharpen a knife every day if you never useit for slicing? A party is never more than a means. There is only one objective: power.
party causes communist
I entered the [Communist] Party because its cause was just and I will leave it when it ceases to be just.
dream party childhood
I am very lucky because I am realizing my childhood dreams, and after presenting my shows it's like a party.
body brevity soul
Brevity is the body and soul of wit.
except rest worth
No rest is worth anything except the rest that is earned.
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.
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.
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.
age grief tears youth
In youth one has tears without grief, in old age grief without tears.
clearer escaped hourglass wisdom
The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.