18 Quotes by Jean Paul Richter

The Fates and Furies, as well as the Graces and Sirens, glide with linked hands over life.

Durch den Nachgeschmack des vergangenen und den Vorgeschmack des zukünftigen Leidens überfüllen wir den Kelch des Augenblickes selbst.

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

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

Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time.

Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm.

Our memories are the only paradise from which we can never beexpelled.

Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life.

Man's feelings are always purest and most glowing in the hour of meeting and of farewell.