| 33 Famous Quotes by Jean Paul Richter
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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 |
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“Cheerfulness is the atmosphere in which all things thrive”
Cheerfulness Quotes |
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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 |
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“Our memories are the only paradise from which we can never be expelled.”
Memories Quotes |
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“Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm.”
Moderation Quotes |
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“A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterwards.”
Timidity Quotes |
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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 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 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 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 Source: Titan (zykel 34)
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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 Source: Hesperus (12)
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“Sleep, riches, and health, to be truly enjoyed, must be
interrupted.”
Enjoyment Quotes Source: Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces (ch. VIII)
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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 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 Source: Hesperus (XII)
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“A sky full of silent suns.”
Sky Quotes Source: Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces (ch. II)
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“Night was drawing and closing her curtain up above the world, and
down beneath it.”
Twilight Quotes Source: Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces (ch. II)
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“Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm.”
Moderation Quotes |
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“Recollection is the only paradise from which we cannot be turned out.”
Paradise Quotes |
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“A timid person is frightened before danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterwards.”
Timidity Quotes |
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“Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something.”
Variety Quotes |
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“A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another's.”
Character Quotes |
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“Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest.”
Courtesy Quotes |
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“A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterwards.”
Danger Quotes |
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“It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.”
Flattery Quotes |
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“Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another. -Jean Paul Richter.”
Forgiveness Quotes |
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Jean Paul Richter Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
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