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Jean Paul Richter Quotes

«Sorrows gather around great souls as storms do around mountains; but, like them, they break the storm and purify the air of the plain beneath them.»
«Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm.»
«Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time.»
«Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that you will not meet again in this life.»
«What has puzzled us before seems less mysterious, and the crooked paths look straighter as we approach the end»
Author: Jean Paul Richter (Novelist) | About: Mystery | Keywords: crooked, puzzled, straighter
«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»
«The test of an enjoyment is the remembrance which it leaves behind»
«Every friend is to the other a sun, and a sunflower also. He attracts and follows.»
«Fancy rules over two thirds of the universe, the past, and future, while reality is confined to the present»
«There are souls which fall from heaven like flowers, but ere they bloom are crushed under the foul tread of some brutal hoof.»
Author: Jean Paul Richter (Novelist) | About: Soul | Keywords: bloom, crushed, hoofs

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