Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it.
Jean PaulRead
Two aged men, that had been foes for life, Met by a grave, and wept - and in those tears They washed away the memory of their strife; Then wept again the loss of all those years.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote reflects on the power of reconciliation and the sorrow of lost time between estranged individuals.
In this poignant quote, Jean Paul portrays a touching scene where two men, who were adversaries throughout their lives, meet at a grave and shed tears. Their weeping symbolizes not only the end of their conflict but also the shared grief over the years lost in animosity, emphasizing the importance of reconciliation and the emotional weight of regret in relationships.
Themes
ForgivenessReconciliationRegretRelationshipsLossTime
In practice
Example use cases
This quote could be shared at a memorial service to highlight the importance of mending broken relationships.
More from Jean Paul
All quotes →Man's feelings are always purest and most glowing in the hour of meeting and of farewell.
Jean PaulRead
A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes anothers.
Jean PaulRead
There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and of leaving it behind them when they go.
Jean PaulRead
If self-knowledge is the road to virtue, so is virtue still more the road to self-knowledge.
Jean PaulRead
I would rather dwell in the dim fog of superstition than in air rarefied to nothing by the air-pump of unbelief-in which the panting breast expires, vainly and convulsively gasping for breath.
Jean PaulRead
Similar quotes
I’ll wait for you. Come back. The words were not meaningless, but they didn’t touch him now. It was clear enough - one person waiting for another was like an arithmetical sum, and just as empty of emotion. Waiting. Simply one person doing nothing, over time, while another approached. Waiting was a heavy word.
Ian McewanRead
I know what it's like when you are a refugee, living on the mercy of others and having to adjust.
Martti AhtisaariRead
She was not good on the phone. She needed the face, the pattern of eyes, nose, trembling mouth... People talking were meant to look at a face, the disastrous cupcake of it, the hide-and-seek of the heart dashing across. With a phone, you said words, but you never watched them go in. You saw them off at the airport but never knew whether there was anyone there to greet them when they got off the plane.
Lorrie MooreRead
Words are a pretext. It is the inner bond that draws one person to another, not words.
RumiRead
Cruelty is, in theory, a perfectly adequate ground for divorce, but it may be interpreted so as to become absurd.
Bertrand RussellRead
I have insecurities of course, but I don't hang out with anyone who points them out to me.
AdeleRead