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Remembrances last longer than present realities.

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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
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Johann Paul Richter
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Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm.
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A sky full of silent suns.
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The happiness of life consists, like the day, not in single flashes (of light), but in one continuous mild serenity. The most beautiful period of the heart's existence is in this calm equable light, even although it be only moonshine or twilight. Now the mind alone can obtain for us this heavenly cheerfulness and peace.
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The last, best fruit which comes to late perfection, even in the kindliest soul, is tenderness toward the hard, forbearance toward the unforbearing, warmth of heart toward the cold, philanthropy toward the misanthropic.
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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.
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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.
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Every man regards his own life as the New Year's Eve of time.
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A variety of nothing is superior to a monotony of something.
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It is easier and handier for men to flatter than to praise.
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Age doesn't matter, unless your cheese.
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The romance of life begins and ends with two blank pages. Age and extreme old age.
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Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it.
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Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life.
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The look of a king is itself a deed.
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