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Jean Paul on Retirement

1763–1825 Germany

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4 quotes

The virtues, like the body, become strong more by labor than by nourishment.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

The past and future are veiled; but the past wears the widow's veil; the future, the virgin's.

Treasury of Thought (1872)

The youth of the soul is everlasting, and eternity is youth.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

What makes old age so sad is, not that our joys but that our hopes cease.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Jean Paul (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.