Jean Paul – Purpee Quotes

Sorrows gather around great souls as storms

Posted on April 6, 2017April 6, 2012 by admin

“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

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Category: nature
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Music is moonlight in the gloomy night

Posted on March 28, 2017March 28, 2012 by admin

“Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life.”

— Jean Paul

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Category: music
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For sleep, riches and health to be

Posted on January 9, 2017January 9, 2012 by admin

“For sleep, riches and health to be truly enjoyed, they must be interrupted.”

— Jean Paul

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Category: health
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The more sand that has escaped from

Posted on October 12, 2016October 12, 2011 by admin

“The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.”

— Jean Paul

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Category: wisdom
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Age does not matter if the matter

Posted on July 23, 2016July 23, 2011 by admin

“Age does not matter if the matter does not age.”

— Jean Paul

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Category: age
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Beauty attracts us men; but if, like

Posted on April 16, 2016April 16, 2011 by admin

“Beauty attracts us men; but if, like an armed magnet it is pointed, beside, with gold and silver, it attracts with tenfold power.”

— Jean Paul

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Category: power
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Whenever, at a party, I have been

Posted on August 31, 2015August 31, 2010 by admin

“Whenever, at a party, I have been in the mood to study fools, I have always looked for a great beauty: they always gather round her like flies around a fruit stall.”

— Jean Paul

Author: Jean Paul
Category: beauty
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