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People will not bear it when advice is violently given, even if it is well founded. Hearts are flowers they remain open to the softly falling dew, but shut up in the violent downpour of rain.

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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
Fall
Bear
Dew
Given
Remain
Softly
Wells
Hearts
Founded
Well
Rain
Shut
Even
Bears
Improvement
Heart
Flower
Flowers
People
Advice
Falling
Downpour
Open
Violent
Violently

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