25 Quotes by Jean Richter

When anyone remains modest, not after praise but after blame, then his modesty is real

True, what you sacrifice for the world is but poorly recognized by it; for it is man that rules and reaps the harvest; the thousand night watches and sacrifices by which a mother secures the state a hero or a poet are forgotten, not even mentioned, for the mother herself does not mention them, and so one century after another do the wives, unknown and unrewarded send forth the arrows, the starts the storm-birds and the nightingales of time.

The parent is low, who having children, truly feels bored.

Anger wishes all mankind had only one neck; love, that it had only one heart

The timid are afraid before the danger, the cowardly while in danger, and the courageous after danger.

The smallest children are nearest to God, as the smallest planets are nearest the sun

The test of an enjoyment is the remembrance which it leaves behind

As a rule, for no one does life drag more disagreeably than for him who tries to speed it up

The miracles of earth are the laws of heaven