Quotes by Richter, Jean Paul

As winter strips the leaves from around us, so that we may see the dis >>

The words that a father speaks to his children in the privacy of home >>

Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time. >>

Quotations about Truth

Those who know the truth are not equal to those who love it Confucius >>

The truth shall set you free. >>

Truth is so rare that it is delightful to tell it. >>

True, what you sacrifice for the world is but poorly recognized by it; for it is man that rules and reaps the harvest; the thousand night watches and sacrifices by which a mother secures the state a hero or a poet are forgotten, not even mentioned, for the mother herself does not mention them, and so one century after another do the wives, unknown and unrewarded send forth the arrows, the starts the storm-birds and the nightingales of time.

Richter, Jean Paul