Jean Paul Richter Quotes & Quotations

Jean Paul Richter Quotes

» Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations.

» Every man has a rainy corner of his life whence comes foul weather which follows him.

» 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.

» Gray hairs seem to my fancy like the soft light of the moon, silvering over the evening of life.

» Like a morning dream, life becomes more and more bright the longer we live, and the reason of everything appears more clear. What has puzzled us before seems less mysterious, and the crooked paths look straighter as we approach the end.

» A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another s.

» Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.

» Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time.

» A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterwards.

» Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it.

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