Jean Richter
Jean Richter
drag life speed tries
As a rule, for no one does life drag more disagreeably than for him who tries to speed it up
assume bear body flowers flying happiness holy inward lovely outward poetry rich spring tender
There are so many tender and holy emotions, flying about in out inward world, which, like angels, can never assume the body of an outward act; so many rich and lovely flowers spring up which bear no seed, that it is a happiness poetry was invented, w
love speak
Only with those we love do we speak of those we love.
memories paradise
Our memories are the only paradise from which we can never be expelled.
head lose lost
He who has not lost his head over some things has no head to lose
anyone modesty praise remains
When anyone remains modest, not after praise but after blame, then his modesty is real
anger heart mankind wishes
Anger wishes all mankind had only one neck; love, that it had only one heart
century forth hero herself man mention mother night poet poorly recognized rules sacrifice sacrifices send starts state thousand truth unknown watches
True, what you sacrifice for the world is but poorly recognized by it; for it is man that rules and reaps the harvest; the thousand night watches and sacrifices by which a mother secures the state a hero or a poet are forgotten, not even mentioned, for the mother herself does not mention them, and so one century after another do the wives, unknown and unrewarded send forth the arrows, the starts the storm-birds and the nightingales of time.
feels parent parents truly
The parent is low, who having children, truly feels bored.
approach crooked less paths puzzled seems
What has puzzled us before seems less mysterious, and the crooked paths look straighter as we approach the end
children nearest planets smallest sun
The smallest children are nearest to God, as the smallest planets are nearest the sun
behind enjoyment leaves test
The test of an enjoyment is the remembrance which it leaves behind
afraid courageous cowardly danger timid
The timid are afraid before the danger, the cowardly while in danger, and the courageous after danger.
laughs profoundly sad
No one is more profoundly sad than he who laughs too much