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The look of a king is itself a deed.

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Jean Paul
Age: 62 †
Born: 1763
Born: March 21
Died: 1825
Died: November 14
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Johann Paul Friedrich Richter
Jean Paul Richter
Zhen Polʹ Friderik Rikhter
Jean Paul
Johann Paul Richter
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Art is indeed not the bread but the wine of life.
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Recollection is the only paradise from which we cannot be turned out.
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As a man grows older it is harder and harder to frighten him.
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Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.
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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.
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For no one does life drag more disagreeably than for those who try to speed it up.
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Sorrows are like thunderclouds, in the distance they look black, over our heads scarcely gray.
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