Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.

Quote by Jean Paul

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Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something.

Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something.

Recollection is the only paradise from which we cannot be turned out.

Recollection is the only paradise from which we cannot be turned out.

Sorrows are like thunderclouds, in the distance they look black, over our heads scarcely gray.

Sorrows are like thunderclouds, in the distance they look black, over our heads scarcely gray.

Sorrows gather around great souls as storms do around mountains; but, like them, they break...

Sorrows gather around great souls as storms do around mountains; but, like them, they break...

Be great in act, as you have been in thought.

Be great in act, as you have been in thought.

Two aged men, that had been foes for life, Met by a grave, and wept...

Two aged men, that had been foes for life, Met by a grave, and wept...

There is a joy in sorrow which none but a mourner can know.

There is a joy in sorrow which none but a mourner can know.

What makes old age so sad is not that our joys but our hopes cease.

What makes old age so sad is not that our joys but our hopes cease.

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

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

Whenever, at a party, I have been in the mood to study fools, I have...

Whenever, at a party, I have been in the mood to study fools, I have...

There are souls which fall from heaven like flowers, but ere they bloom are crushed...

There are souls which fall from heaven like flowers, but ere they bloom are crushed...

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

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

Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.

Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.

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.

Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time.

Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time.

Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations.

Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations.

Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm.

Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm.

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

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

You prove your worth with your actions, not with your mouth.

You prove your worth with your actions, not with your mouth.

Death gives us sleep, eternal youth, and immortality.

Death gives us sleep, eternal youth, and immortality.