Jean Paul Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“We learn our virtues from our friends who love us; our faults from the enemy who hates us. We cannot easily discover our real character from a friend. He is a mirror, on which the warmth of our breath impedes the clearness of the reflection.”

“Because the heart beats under a covering of hair, of fur, feathers, or wings, it is, for that reason, to be of no account?”

“There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and of leaving it behind them when they go.”

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

“For sleep, riches and health to be truly enjoyed, they must be interrupted.”

“Recollection is the only paradise from which we cannot be turned out.”

“Whenever, at a party, I have been in the mood to study fools, I have always looked for a great beauty: they always gather round her like flies around a fruit stall.”

“Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest.”

“Never write on a subject until you have read yourself full of it.”

“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.”