The darkness of death is like the evening twilight it makes all objects appear more lovely to the dying. – Jean Paul
What makes old age so sad is not that our joys but our hopes cease. – Jean Paul

The darkness of death is like the evening twilight it makes all objects appear more lovely to the dying. – Jean Paul
What makes old age so sad is not that our joys but our hopes cease. – Jean Paul
As winter strips the leaves from around us, so that we may see the distant regions they formerly concealed, so old age takes away our enjoyments only to enlarge the prospect of the coming eternity. – Jean Paul
Variety in mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something s. – Jean Paul