Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest

Quote by Jean Paul Richter

Topics: Mankind Quotes

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...

Because the heart beats under a covering of hair, of fur, feathers, or wings, it...

Because the heart beats under a covering of hair, of fur, feathers, or wings, it...

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...

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

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

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

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

A woman who could always love would never grow old; and the love of mother...

A woman who could always love would never grow old; and the love of mother...

We learn our virtues from our friends who love us; our faults from the enemy...

We learn our virtues from our friends who love us; our faults from the enemy...

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

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

Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life.

Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life.

It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise

It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise

There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and...

There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and...

A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a...

A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a...

God is an unutterable sigh, planted in the depths of the soul.

God is an unutterable sigh, planted in the depths of the soul.

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...

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

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

The gaurdian angels of life sometimes fly so high as to be beyond our sight,...

The gaurdian angels of life sometimes fly so high as to be beyond our sight,...

Every friend is to the other a sun, and a sunflower also. He attracts and...

Every friend is to the other a sun, and a sunflower also. He attracts and...

Friendship is to have the latchkey of another's mind.

Friendship is to have the latchkey of another's mind.

Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and have her nonsense respected.

Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and have her nonsense respected.

As death, when we come to consider it closely, is the true goal of our...

As death, when we come to consider it closely, is the true goal of our...

To love a women, is to know a womens wants and her needs without her...

To love a women, is to know a womens wants and her needs without her...