Maxioms by Jean Paul Richter
Like the greatest virtue and the worst dogs, the fiercest hatred is silent.
Like the greatest virtue and the worst dogs, the fiercest hatred is silent.
When one remains modest, not after praise but after blame, then
is he really so.
[Ger., Wenn jemand read more
When one remains modest, not after praise but after blame, then
is he really so.
[Ger., Wenn jemand bescheiden bleibt, nicht beim Lobe, sondern
beim Tadel, dann ist er's.]
Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something.
Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something.
Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest.
Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest.