Jean Richter Quotes

"Every man has a rainy corner of his life whence comes foul weather which follows him."

"Age does not matter if the matter does not age."

"God is an unutterable sigh, planted in the depths of the soul."

"There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and of leaving it behind them when they go."

"The words that a father speaks to his children in the privacy of home are not heard by the world, but, as in whispering galleries, they are clearly heard at the end, and by posterity."

"It is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them."

"Never write on a subject until you have read yourself full of it."

"Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that you will not meet again in this life."

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

"Only actions give life its strength, as only moderation gives it its charm"

"Woman and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves, but the first to rescue when others are in danger."

"It is not the end of joy that makes old age so sad, but the end of hope"

"Gray hairs seem to my fancy like the soft light of the moon, silvering over the evening of life."

"Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another"

"In women everything is heart, even the head"

"The look of a king is itself a deed."

"A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another's"

"We learn our virtues from our friends who love us; our faults from the enemy who hates us. We cannot easily discover our real character from a friend. He is a mirror, on which the warmth of our breath impedes the clearness of the reflection."

"Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest"

"No author can be as moral as his work and no preacher as pious as his sermons."