Jean Paul Quotes
22 Quotes Found

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

A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.
Jean Paul

The darkness of death is like the evening twilight; it makes all objects appear more lovely to the dying.
Jean Paul

Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.
Jean Paul

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

Like a morning dream, life becomes more and more bright the longer we live, and the reason of everything appears more clear. What has puzzled us before seems less mysterious, and the crooked paths look straighter as we approach the end.
Jean Paul

The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
Jean Paul