Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that you will not meet again in this life.

Quote by Jean Paul

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Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time.

Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time.

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.

For sleep, riches and health to be truly enjoyed, they must be interrupted.

For sleep, riches and health to be truly enjoyed, they must be interrupted.

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.

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...

I have made as much out of myself as could be made of the stuff,...

I have made as much out of myself as could be made of the stuff,...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

Never write on a subject until you have read yourself full of it.

Never write on a subject until you have read yourself full of it.

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.

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

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

Weaklings must lie.

Weaklings must lie.

Death gives us sleep, eternal youth, and immortality.

Death gives us sleep, eternal youth, and immortality.

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...

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 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...