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

Quote by Jean Paul

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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.

Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.

Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.

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.

The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we...

The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we...

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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

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

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...

Weaklings must lie.

Weaklings must lie.

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.

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...

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...

Two aged men, that had been foes for life, Met by a grave, and wept...

Two aged men, that had been foes for life, Met by a grave, and wept...

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...

Every man has a rainy corner of his life whence comes foul weather which follows...

Every man has a rainy corner of his life whence comes foul weather which follows...

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...

Death gives us sleep, eternal youth, and immortality.

Death gives us sleep, eternal youth, and immortality.