Jean Paul (21 March 1763 – 14 November 1825), born Johann Paul Friedrich Richter, was a German Romantic writer, best known for his humorous novels and stories. Read full biography of Jean Paul →
Whenever, at a party, I have been in the mood to study fools, I have always looked for a great beauty: they always gather round her like flies around... →
Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest.
As winter strips the leaves from around us, so that we may see the distant regions they formerly concealed, so old age takes away our enjoyments only... →
Never write on a subject until you have read yourself full of it.
Every man regards his own life as the New Year's Eve of time.
A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes anothers.
Weaklings must lie.
Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that you will not meet again in this life.
There is a joy in sorrow which none but a mourner can know.
Age does not matter if the matter does not age.
What makes old age so sad is not that our joys but our hopes cease.
Live your life and forget your age.
Beauty attracts us men; but if, like an armed magnet it is pointed, beside, with gold and silver, it attracts with tenfold power.
Jean Paul (21 March 1763 – 14 November 1825), born Johann Paul Friedrich Richter, was a German Romantic writer, best known for his humorous novels and stories.