10 sayings with source references.
Wording recorded in the collection; original language not established.
Never does a man portray his own character more vividly than in his manner of portraying another.Jean Paul · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 160
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The rose does not bloom without thorns. True, but would that the thorns did not outlive the rose.Jean Paul · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 331
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The more weakness the more falsehood; strength goes straight: every cannon ball that has in it hollows and holes goes crooked.Jean Paul · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 341
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It is a common remark that men talk most who think least; just as frogs cease their quacking when a light is brought to the water-side.Jean Paul · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 359
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There is nothing more beautiful than cheerfulness in an old face, and among country people it is always a sign of a well-regulated life.Jean Paul · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 391
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When anyone is modest, not after praise, but after censure, then he is really so.Jean Paul · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 436
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No one is more profoundly sad than he who laughs too much.Jean Paul · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 47
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Sorrows are like thunder-clouds: in the distance they look black, over our heads, hardly gray.Jean Paul · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 50
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The greatest hatred, like the greatest virtue and the worst dogs, is quiet.Jean Paul · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 549
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No joy in nature is so sublimely affecting as the joy of a mother at the good fortune of a child.Jean Paul · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 566
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