I have made as much out of myself as could be made of the stuff, and no man should require more.

Quote by Jean Paul

Topics: Jean Paul Quotes

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

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

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...

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...

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.

Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that...

Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that...

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.

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

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

Poverty is the only load which is the heavier the more loved ones there are...

Poverty is the only load which is the heavier the more loved ones there are...

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like...

Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like...

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

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

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

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

Woman and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves, but...

Woman and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves, but...

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...

The words that a father speaks to his children in the privacy of home are...

The words that a father speaks to his children in the privacy of home are...

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.

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.