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
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.
gratitude joy sorrow
With so many thousand joys, is it not black ingratitude to call the world a place of sorrow and torment?
wings joy sorrow
Joys are our wings, sorrows our spurs.
distance sorrow black
Sorrows are like thunderclouds, in the distance they look black, over our heads scarcely gray.
sad joy sorrow
There is a joy in sorrow which none but a mourner can know.
singing suffering sorrow
She suffers as a miser. She must be miserly with her pleasures, as well. I wonder if sometimes she doesn't wish she were free of this monotonous sorrow, of these mutterings which start as soon as she stops singing, if she doesn't wish to suffer once and for all, to drown herself in despair. In any case, it would be impossible for her: she is bound.
clearer escaped hourglass wisdom
The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
action good ordinary
Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations.
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.
gathered idleness miseries
Idleness is many gathered miseries in one name.
body brevity soul
Brevity is the body and soul of wit.
laughs laughter profoundly sad
No one is more profoundly sad as one who laughs too much.
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.
except rest worth
No rest is worth anything except the rest that is earned.