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Famous Jean Paul Quotes
Source: The Campaner Thal; or, Discourses on the immortality of the soul, tr. by J. Bauer
“feelings of man are always pure and the brightest to the meeting time and Farewell.”
“Every man regards his own life as the New Year's Eve of time.”
Source: Levana: or, The doctrine of education
“Every man has a rainy corner of his life whence comes foul weather which follows him.”
“A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes anothers.”
“I have made as much out of myself as could be made of the stuff, and no man should require more.”
Source: Life of Jean Paul F. Richter
“Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest.”
Source: Titan: A Romance
“Love lessens woman's delicacy and increases man's.”
Source: Titan: A Romance
“As a man grows older it is harder and harder to frighten him.”
“Man's feelings are always purest and most glowing in the hour of meeting and of farewell.”
“It is easier and handier for men to flatter than to praise.”
