Jean Paul Richter

Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest.
[Ger., Die Menschen gehen wie Schiesskugeln weiter, wenn sie
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Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest.
[Ger., Die Menschen gehen wie Schiesskugeln weiter, wenn sie
abgeglattet sind.]

It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.

It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.

He who gives up the smallest part of a secret has the rest no
longer in his power.
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He who gives up the smallest part of a secret has the rest no
longer in his power.
[Ger., Wer den kleinsten Theil eines Geheimnisses hingibt, hat
den andern nicht mehr in der Gewalt.]

Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another. -Jean Paul Richter.

Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another. -Jean Paul Richter.