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Jean Paul Richter Quotes

«Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm.»
«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.»
«God is an unutterable sigh, planted in the depths of the soul.»
Author: Jean Paul Richter (Novelist) | About: God | Keywords: depths, planted, sigh, unutterable
«Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest»
Author: Jean Paul Richter (Novelist) | About: Mankind | Keywords: bullets, farthest, smoothest
«Like the greatest virtue and the worst dogs, the fiercest hatred is silent»
Author: Jean Paul Richter (Novelist) | Keywords: fiercest
«Woman and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves, but the first to rescue when others are in danger.»
«Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it.»
«The only medicine that does women more good than harm is dress.»
Author: Jean Paul Richter (Novelist) | Keywords: dress
«You prove your worth with your actions, not with your mouth.»
«Only with those we love do we speak of those we love.»

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