146 Quotes by Jean Paul

Art is indeed not the bread but the wine of life.

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

Jesus is the purest among the mighty, and the mightiest among the pure, who, with his pierced hand has raised empires from their foundations, turned the stream of history from its old channel, and still continues to rule and guide the ages.

Every man regards his own life as the New Year’s Eve of time.

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

Fancy rules over two thirds of the universe, the past, and future, while reality is confined to the present.

No heroine can create a hero through love of one, but she can give birth to one.

Age doesn’t matter, unless your cheese.

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