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~ Jean Paul Richter Quotes ~
« on: December 04, 2014, 07:15:57 AM »
Jean Paul Richter Quotes


A German Romantic writer, best known for his humorous novels and stories.
Jean Paul (21 March 1763 – 14 November 1825), born Johann Paul Friedrich Richter, was a German Romantic writer, best known for his humorous novels and stories.

Here are some famous quotes by  Jean Paul Richter. 




It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.

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« Reply #1 on: December 04, 2014, 07:16:29 AM »
Art is indeed not the bread but the wine of life.

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« Reply #2 on: December 04, 2014, 07:16:55 AM »
No one is more profoundly sad than he who laughs too much.

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« Reply #3 on: December 04, 2014, 07:17:27 AM »
A variety of nothing is superior to a monotony of something.

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« Reply #4 on: December 04, 2014, 07:17:55 AM »
It is simpler and easier to flatter men than to praise them.

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« Reply #5 on: December 04, 2014, 07:18:20 AM »
God is an unutterable sigh planted in the depths of the soul.

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« Reply #6 on: December 04, 2014, 07:18:48 AM »
Sleep riches and health to be truly enjoyed must be interrupted.

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« Reply #7 on: December 04, 2014, 07:19:16 AM »
What makes old age so sad is not that our joys but our hopes cease.

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« Reply #8 on: December 04, 2014, 07:19:44 AM »
There is a certain noble pride through which merits shine brighter than through modesty.

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« Reply #9 on: December 04, 2014, 07:20:12 AM »
Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness or else forgiving another.

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« Reply #10 on: December 04, 2014, 07:20:38 AM »
Man's feelings are always purest and most glowing in the hour of meeting and of farewell.

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« Reply #11 on: December 04, 2014, 07:21:05 AM »
Sorrows are like thunderclouds - in the distance they look black over our heads scarcely gray.

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« Reply #12 on: December 04, 2014, 07:21:35 AM »
The test of pleasure is the memory it leaves behind. (Die Probe Eines Genusses ist Seine Erinnerung.)

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« Reply #13 on: December 04, 2014, 07:22:07 AM »
A timid person is frightened before a danger a coward during the time and a courageous person afterwards.

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« Reply #14 on: December 04, 2014, 07:22:28 AM »
Women and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves but the first to rescue when others are endangered.