146 Quotes by Jean Paul

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

Love lessens woman's delicacy and increases man's.

Passion makes the best observations and the sorriest conclusions.

Humankind's chief fault is that they have so many small ones.

Ah! The seasons of love roll not backward but onward, downward forever.

Only deeds give strength to life, only moderation gives it charm.

Man has here two and a half minutes-one to smile, one to sigh, and a half to love: for in the midst of this minute he dies.

The romance of life begins and ends with two blank pages. Age and extreme old age.

Has it never occurred to us, when surrounded by sorrows, that they may be sent to us only for our instruction, as we darken the eyes of birds when we wish them to sing?