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.
order trying might
I wanted the moments of my life to follow and order themselves like those of a life remembered. You might as well try and catch time by the tail.
memories past trying
I construct my memories with my present. I am lost, abandoned in the present. I try in vain to rejoin the past: I cannot escape.
men trying stories
A man is always a teller of tales, he lives surrounded by his stories and the stories of others, he sees everything that happens to him through them; and he tries to live his life as if he were recounting it.
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.
inspirational life relationship
Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that you will not meet again in this life.
ennoble good sons
Good actions ennoble us, we are the sons of our own deeds.