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See, indeed, that your daughter is thoroughly grounded and experienced in household duties; but take care, through religion and poetry, to keep her heart open to heaven.

See, indeed, that your daughter is thoroughly grounded and experienced in household duties; but take care, through religion and poetry, to keep her heart open to heaven.

Jean Paul

Mom, Daughter, Heart

The purer the golden vessel, the more readily is it bent; the higher worth of woman is sooner lost than that of man.

Jean Paul

Men, Golden, Purity

For sleep, riches and health to be truly enjoyed and gratefully appreciated, they must be interrupted so the person can see that not having them is not as good as having them.

Jean Paul

Gratitude, Sleep, Riches

It is easier and handier for men to flatter than to praise.

Jean Paul

Men, Criticism, Flattery

"Titan: A Romance".

Whenever, at a party, I have been in the mood to study fools, I have always looked for a great beauty: they always gather round her like flies around a fruit stall.

Jean Paul

Beauty, Party, Literature

I have made as much out of myself as could be made of the stuff, and no man should require more.

Jean Paul

Success, Men, Literature

Jean Paul (1849). “Life of Jean Paul F. Richter”, p.148

Beauty attracts us men; but if, like an armed magnet it is pointed, beside, with gold and silver, it attracts with tenfold power.

Jean Paul

Beauty, Men, Gold

The words that a father speaks to his children in the privacy of home are not heard by the world, but, as in whispering galleries, they are clearly heard at the end, and by posterity.

Jean Paul

Family, Dad, Children

Jean Paul (1866). “Levana: or, The doctrine of education”, p.17