Jean Paul Richter

How calmly may we commit ourselves to the hands of Him who bears up the world.

How calmly may we commit ourselves to the hands of Him who bears up the world.

A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another's.

A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another's.

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.]

Our memories are the only paradise from which we can never be expelled.

Our memories are the only paradise from which we can never be expelled.