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• I would rather dwell in the dim fog of superstition than in air rarefied to nothing by the air-pump of unbelief-in which the panting breast expires, vainly and convulsively gasping for breath.

  Jean Paul

  Fog, Air, Infidelity

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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.

  Jean Paul

  Happiness, Beautiful, Twilight

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• Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something.

  Jean Paul

  Giving, Literature, Pleasure

  Jean Paul F. Richter (1880). “Levana; or, The doctrine of education, tr. [by A.H.]. Preceded by a short biogr. of the author [condensed from that of E. Förster] and his autobiography, a fragment”

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• See, indeed, that your daughter is thoroughly grounded and experienced in household duties; but take care, through religion and poetry, to keep her heart open to heaven.

  Jean Paul

  Mom, Daughter, Heart

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• 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

  Beauty, Party, Literature

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• Nations and men are only the best when they are the gladdest, and deserve heaven when they enjoy it.

  Jean Paul

  Men, Heaven, Enjoy

  Jean Paul F. Richter (1848). “The Campaner Thal; or, Discourses on the immortality of the soul, tr. by J. Bauer”, p.12

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• Universal love is a glove without fingers, which fits all bands alike and none closely; but true affection is like a glove with fingers, which fits one hand only, and sits close to that one.

  Jean Paul

  Love Is, Hands, Band

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• It is easier and handier for men to flatter than to praise.

  Jean Paul

  Men, Criticism, Flattery

  "Titan: A Romance".

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• For sleep, riches and health to be truly enjoyed and gratefully appreciated, they must be interrupted so the person can see that not having them is not as good as having them.

  Jean Paul

  Gratitude, Sleep, Riches

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• The purer the golden vessel, the more readily is it bent; the higher worth of woman is sooner lost than that of man.

  Jean Paul

  Men, Golden, Purity

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