Sorrows gather around great souls as storms do around mountains; but, like them, they break the storm and purify the air of the plain beneath them.

Quote by Jean Paul Richter

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Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life.

Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life.

Age does not matter if the matter does not age.

Age does not matter if the matter does not age.

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...

Beauty attracts us men; but if, like an armed magnet it is pointed, beside, with...

Beauty attracts us men; but if, like an armed magnet it is pointed, beside, with...

Our memories are the only paradise from which we can never be expelled.

Our memories are the only paradise from which we can never be expelled.

What has puzzled us before seems less mysterious, and the crooked paths look straighter as...

What has puzzled us before seems less mysterious, and the crooked paths look straighter as...

Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest

Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest

Anger wishes all mankind had only one neck; love, that it had only one heart

Anger wishes all mankind had only one neck; love, that it had only one heart

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...

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,...

The miracles of earth are the laws of heaven

The miracles of earth are the laws of heaven

It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise

It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise

Spring makes everything young again, save man

Spring makes everything young again, save man

As a rule, for no one does life drag more disagreeably than for him who...

As a rule, for no one does life drag more disagreeably than for him who...

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...

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...

There are so many tender and holy emotions, flying about in out inward world, which,...

There are so many tender and holy emotions, flying about in out inward world, which,...

As winter strips the leaves from around us, so that we may see the distant...

As winter strips the leaves from around us, so that we may see the distant...

If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of 22, it...

If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of 22, it...

Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age.

Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age.

We'll love you just the way you are if you're perfect.

We'll love you just the way you are if you're perfect.