Quote

The words that a father speaks to his children in the privacy of home are not heard by the world, but, as in whispering galleries, they are clearly heard at the end, and by posterity.

Jean Paul

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Jean Paul
Age: 62 †
Born: 1763
Born: March 21
Died: 1825
Died: November 14
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Johann Paul Friedrich Richter
Jean Paul Richter
Zhen Polʹ Friderik Rikhter
Jean Paul
Johann Paul Richter
World
Heard
Whispering
Family
Gallery
Words
Posterity
Speak
Speaks
Father
Privacy
Ends
Clearly
Home
Dad
Galleries
Children
Influence
Fatherhood

More quotes by Jean Paul

Image
Like the greatest virtue and the worst dogs, the fiercest hatred is silent.
Jean Paul
Image
Only deeds give strength to life, only moderation gives it charm.
Jean Paul
Image
A variety of nothing is superior to a monotony of something.
Jean Paul
Image
Every friend is to the other a sun, and a sunflower also. He attracts and follows.
Jean Paul
Image
Jesus is the purest among the mighty, and the mightiest among the pure, who, with his pierced hand has raised empires from their foundations, turned the stream of history from its old channel, and still continues to rule and guide the ages
Jean Paul
Image
In later life, as in earlier, only a few persons influence the formation of our character the multitude pass us by like a distant army. One friend, one teacher, one beloved, one club, one dining table, one work table are the means by which one's nation and the spirit of one's nation affect the individual.
Jean Paul
Image
Art is indeed not the bread but the wine of life.
Jean Paul
Image
Poverty is the only load which is the heavier the more loved ones there are to assist in bearing it.
Jean Paul
Image
The romance of life begins and ends with two blank pages. Age and extreme old age.
Jean Paul
Image
I have made as much out of myself as could be made of the stuff, and no man should require more.
Jean Paul
Image
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.
Jean Paul
Image
For sleep, riches and health to be truly enjoyed and gratefully appreciated, they must be interrupted so the person can see that not having them is not as good as having them.
Jean Paul
Image
Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm.
Jean Paul
Image
For no one does life drag more disagreeably than for those who try to speed it up.
Jean Paul
Image
A sky full of silent suns.
Jean Paul
Image
Every man regards his own life as the New Year's Eve of time.
Jean Paul
Image
Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.
Jean Paul
Image
We learn our virtues from our friends who love us our faults from the enemy who hates us. We cannot easily discover our real character from a friend. He is a mirror, on which the warmth of our breath impedes the clearness of the reflection.
Jean Paul
Image
It is not the end of joy that makes old age so sad, but the end of hope.
Jean Paul
Image
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 to enlarge the prospect of the coming eternity.
Jean Paul