Jean Paul Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

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

“Weaklings must lie.”

“A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes anothers.”

“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.”

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

“There is a joy in sorrow which none but a mourner can know.”

“What makes old age so sad is not that our joys but our hopes cease.”

“Age does not matter if the matter does not age.”

“Poverty is the only load which is the heavier the more loved ones there are to assist in bearing it.”

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