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God is an unutterable sigh, planted in the depths of the soul.
Jean Paul

God, Soul, Sigh

The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
Jean Paul

Wisdom, Life, Through

Every man regards his own life as the New Year's Eve of time.
Jean Paul

Life, Time, Year

Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.
Jean Paul

Forgiveness, Beautiful, Humanity

Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life.
Jean Paul

Music, Life, Night

Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time.
Jean Paul

Birthday, Time, Wing

You prove your worth with your actions, not with your mouth.
Jean Paul

Worth, Actions, Mouth

Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm.
Jean Paul

Inspirational, Evening, Down

The miracle on earth are the laws of heaven.
Jean Paul

Earth, Heaven, Miracle

The conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them; their notions of good and evil are the result of the moral atmosphere they breathe.
Jean Paul

Good, Children, Evil

A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.
Jean Paul

Time, Person, Before

Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.
Jean Paul

Wisdom, Change, Strong

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.
Jean Paul

Life, Morning, Live

The darkness of death is like the evening twilight; it makes all objects appear more lovely to the dying.
Jean Paul

Death, Evening, Lovely

Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it.
Jean Paul

Courage, Danger, Seeing

Be great in act, as you have been in thought.
Jean Paul

Great, Thought, Act

Every man has a rainy corner of his life whence comes foul weather which follows him.
Jean Paul

Life, Him, Rainy

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.
Jean Paul

Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that you will not meet again in this life.
Jean Paul

Life, May, Words

The words that a father speaks to his children in the privacy of home are not heard by the world, but, as in whispering galleries, they are clearly heard at the end, and by posterity.
Jean Paul

Home, End, Father

A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes anothers.
Jean Paul

Character, Clearly, Describes

Age does not matter if the matter does not age.
Jean Paul

Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations.
Jean Paul

Good, Try, Wait

For sleep, riches and health to be truly enjoyed, they must be interrupted.
Jean Paul

Health, Sleep, Truly

Beauty attracts us men; but if, like an armed magnet it is pointed, beside, with gold and silver, it attracts with tenfold power.
Jean Paul

Beauty, Men, Power

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Biography

Nationality: German

Type: Author

Born: March 21, 1763

Died: November 14, 1825

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