“Every man regards his own life as the New Year’s Eve of time.”
Jean Paul
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Life
Vote Up
0
Vote Down
Favorite
“Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm.”
Jean Paul
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Inspirational
Vote Up
0
Vote Down
Favorite
“Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.”
Jean Paul
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Wisdom
Vote Up
0
Vote Down
Favorite
“The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.”
Jean Paul
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Wisdom
Vote Up
0
Vote Down
Favorite
“Brevity is the body and soul of wit.”
Jean Paul
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Wit
Vote Up
0
Vote Down
Favorite
“Variety in mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something s.”
Jean Paul
Submitted by Quonation |Category: General
Vote Up
0
Vote Down
Favorite
“In youth one has tears without grief, in old age grief without tears.”
Jean Paul
Submitted by Quonation |Category: General
Vote Up
0
Vote Down
Favorite
“Strong character is brought out by change, weak ones by permanence.”
Jean Paul
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Change
Vote Up
0
Vote Down
Favorite
“Cares are often more difficult to throw off than sorrows; the latter die with time, the former grow.”
Jean Paul
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Sorrow
Vote Up
0
Vote Down
Favorite
“The look of a king is itself a deed.”
Jean Paul
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Power
Vote Up
0
Vote Down
Favorite
“The end we aim at must be known, before the way can be made.”
Jean Paul
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Planning
Vote Up
0
Vote Down
Favorite
“Passion makes the best observations and the sorriest conclusions.”
Jean Paul
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Passion
Vote Up
0
Vote Down
Favorite
“The parent is low, who having children, truly feels bored.”
Jean Paul
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Parenting
Vote Up
0
Vote Down
Favorite
“No author can be as moral as his work and no preacher as pious as his sermons.”
Jean Paul
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Morality
Vote Up
0
Vote Down
Favorite
“Only action gives life strength, only moderation gives it charm.”
Jean Paul
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Moderation
Vote Up
0
Vote Down
Favorite
“Memory is the only paradise from which we cannot be driven.”
Jean Paul
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Memory
Vote Up
0
Vote Down
Favorite
“The only medicine that does women more good than harm is dress.”
Jean Paul
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Medicine
Vote Up
0
Vote Down
Favorite
“No one is more profoundly sad as one who laughs too much.”
Jean Paul
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Laughter
Vote Up
0
Vote Down
Favorite
“Joys are our wings, sorrows our spurs.”
Jean Paul
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Joy
Vote Up
0
Vote Down
Favorite
“Idleness is many gathered miseries in one name.”
Jean Paul
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Idleness
