Author: Jean Paul

Quotes

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

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

- Jean Paul

For sleep, riches and health to be truly enjoyed, they must be interrupted.

For sleep, riches and health to be truly enjoyed, they must be interrupted.

- Jean Paul

The conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them; their notions of good and evil are the result of the moral atmosphere they breathe.

The conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them; their notions of good and evil are the result of the moral atmosphere they breathe.

- Jean Paul

Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest.

Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest.

- Jean Paul

Good actions ennoble us, we are the sons of our own deeds.

Good actions ennoble us, we are the sons of our own deeds.

- Jean Paul

Age does not matter if the matter does not age.

Age does not matter if the matter does not age.

- Jean Paul

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

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

- Jean Paul

Live your life and forget your age.

Live your life and forget your age.

- Jean Paul

The darkness of death is like the evening twilight; it makes all objects appear more lovely to the dying.

The darkness of death is like the evening twilight; it makes all objects appear more lovely to the dying.

- Jean Paul

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