"Every friend is to the other a sun, and a sunflower also. He attracts and follows."
"People will not bear it when advice is violently given, even if it is well founded. Hearts are flowers; they remain open to the softly falling dew, but shut up in the violent downpour of rain."
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Source: Jean Paul (1862). “Titan: A Romance”, p.473
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