German - Author | March 21, 1763 - November 14, 1825
Two aged men, that had been foes for life, Met by a grave, and wept - and in those tears They washed away the memory of their strife; Then wept again the loss of all those years.
Jean Paul
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Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm.
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What makes old age so sad is not that our joys but our hopes cease.
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Woman and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves, but the first to rescue when others are in danger.
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Death gives us sleep, eternal youth, and immortality.
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The words that a father speaks to his children in the privacy of home are not heard by the world, but, as in whispering galleries, they are clearly heard at the end, and by posterity.
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The miracle on earth are the laws of heaven.
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It is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them.
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I have made as much out of myself as could be made of the stuff, and no man should require more.
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Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something.
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Weaklings must lie.
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Because the heart beats under a covering of hair, of fur, feathers, or wings, it is, for that reason, to be of no account?
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