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
funny dream time
Like a morning dream, life becomes more and more bright the longer we live, and the reason of everything appears more clear. What has puzzled us before seems less mysterious, and the crooked paths look straighter as we approach the end.
birthday time winter
As winter strips the leaves from around us, so that we may see the distant regions they formerly concealed, so old age takes away our enjoyments only to enlarge the prospect of the coming eternity.
happy-birthday funny-birthday time
Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time.
life courage time
A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.
time moon hair
Gray hairs seem to my fancy like the soft light of the moon, silvering over the evening of life.
time real existential
The real nature of the present revealed itself: it was what exists, all that was not present did not exist.
witty time humorous
Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.
eternity my-time
...I had spent my time counterfeiting eternity...
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.