A man never discloses his character so clearly as when he descibes another's

Jean Paul
Also known as: Johann Paul Friedrich Richter, Jean Paul Friedrich Richter, Richter
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Johann Paul Friedrich Richter (21 March 1763 – 14 November 1825) was a German novelist and short-story writer. He is usually referred to by his pen-name, Jean Paul, but sometimes simply as Richter.

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Everyone receives his inner sense
of North and South at birth.
Whether an external polarity comes with it
is not terribly important.

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