33 Famous Quotes by Jean Paul Richter
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A farewell is necessary before we can meet again, and meeting again, after moments or a lifetime is certain for those who are friends.
Farewells
Quotes, by Jean Paul Richter
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When one remains modest, not after praise but after blame, then
is he really so.
[Ger., Wenn jemand bescheiden bleibt, nicht beim Lobe, sondern
beim Tadel, dann ist er's.]
Modesty
Quotes, by Jean Paul Richter , Source: Hesperus (12)
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The gaurdian angels of life sometimes fly so high as to be beyond our sight, but they are always looking down upon us.
Angels
Quotes, by Jean Paul Richter
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He who gives up the smallest part of a secret has the rest no
longer in his power.
[Ger., Wer den kleinsten Theil eines Geheimnisses hingibt, hat
den andern nicht mehr in der Gewalt.]
Secrecy
Quotes, by Jean Paul Richter , Source: Titan (zykel 123)
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For variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity
of something.
[Ger., Weil Verschiedenheit des Nichts mehr ergotzt, als
Einerleiheit des Etwas.]
Variety
Quotes, by Jean Paul Richter , Source: Levana--Fragment V (I, 100)
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Anger wishes that all mankind had only one neck; love, that it
had only one heart; grief, two tear-glands; and pride, two bent
knees.
Anger
Quotes, by Jean Paul Richter , Source: Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces (ch. VI)
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It is easier and handier for men to flatter than to praise.
[Ger., Es ist dem Menschen leichter und gelaufiger, zu
schmeicheln als zu loben.]
Flattery
Quotes, by Jean Paul Richter , Source: Titan (zykel 34)
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Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest.
[Ger., Die Menschen gehen wie Schiesskugeln weiter, wenn sie
abgeglattet sind.]
Ability
Quotes, by Jean Paul Richter , Source: Titan (zykel 26)
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The greatest hatred, like the greatest virtue and the worst dogs,
is silent.
[Ger., Der grosste Hass ist, wie die grosste Tugend und die
schlimmsten Hunde, still.]
Hatred
Quotes, by Jean Paul Richter , Source: Hesperus (XII)
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Night was drawing and closing her curtain up above the world, and
down beneath it.
Twilight
Quotes, by Jean Paul Richter , Source: Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces (ch. II)
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