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
clearer escaped hourglass wisdom
The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
ennoble good sons
Good actions ennoble us, we are the sons of our own deeds.
age age-and-aging matter
Age does not matter if the matter does not age.
writers-and-writing
Never write on a subject until you have read yourself full of it.
action actions gives life
Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm.
men literature firsts
Woman and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves, but the first to rescue when others are in danger.
beauty men gold
Beauty attracts us men; but if, like an armed magnet it is pointed, beside, with gold and silver, it attracts with tenfold power.
success men literature
I have made as much out of myself as could be made of the stuff, and no man should require more.
reality men literature
Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest.
poverty literature loved-ones
Poverty is the only load which is the heavier the more loved ones there are to assist in bearing it.
giving literature pleasure
Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something.
men heaven enjoy
Nations and men are only the best when they are the gladdest, and deserve heaven when they enjoy it.