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Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good; try to use ordinary situations.
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What a father says to his children is not heard by the world; but it will be heard by posterity.
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Recollection is the only paradise from which we cannot be turned out.
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Every man regards his own life as the New Year’s Eve of time.
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Cheerfulness, like spring, opens all the blossoms of the inward man.
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The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
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Hearts are flowers; they remain open to the softly-falling dew, but shut up in the violent downpour of rain.
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Passion makes the best observations and draws the most wretched conclusions.
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A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.

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Johann Paul Friedrich Richter, known by the pseudonym Jean Paul, was born in Wunsiedel, Bavaria, on March 21, 1763. He was one of the most original and influential writers of German Romanticism. His novels, such as "Titan" and "Hesperus," are characterized by a mix of humor, melancholy, fantasy, and social criticism. Jean Paul developed a peculiar literary style, with digressions, puns, and a profuse use of metaphors, which made him an author of difficult classification, but deeply admired for his originality and depth. He explored the duality of existence, the beauty of nature, and the complexity of human emotions. His writings had a significant impact on German and European literature. He passed away in Bayreuth in 1825.