Gray hairs seem to my fancy like the soft light of the moon, silvering over the evening of life.

Quote by Jean Paul

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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.

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

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

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.

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...

The miracle on earth are the laws of heaven.

The miracle on earth are the laws of heaven.

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...

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

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

It is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them.

It is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them.

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

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

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.

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.

The conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them; their notions of...

The conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them; their notions of...

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.

The darkness of death is like the evening twilight; it makes all objects appear more...

The darkness of death is like the evening twilight; it makes all objects appear more...

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

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

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

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

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

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

The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but...

The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but...

Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself.

Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself.

It behooves us, then, to humble ourselves before the Offended power, to confess our national...

It behooves us, then, to humble ourselves before the Offended power, to confess our national...