Jean Paul Richter
Biography
Quotes
- The last, best fruit which comes to late perfection, even in the kindliest soul, is tenderness toward the hard, forbearance toward the unforbearing, warmth of heart toward the cold, philanthropy toward the misanthropic.
- Never write on a subject without first having read yourself full on it; and never read on a subject till you have thought yourself hungry on it.
- If self-knowledge is the road to virtue, so is virtue still more the road to self-knowledge.
