What emerged, of course, was that the magnitude scale presupposed that all earthquakes were alike except for a constant scaling factor. And this proved to be closer to the truth than we expected.
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interrupted. JEAN PAUL RICHTER It is easier and handier for men to flatter than to praise.
[Ger., Es ist dem Menschen leichter un... JEAN PAUL RICHTER Anger wishes that all mankind had only one neck; love, that it
had only one heart; grief, two tear-... JEAN PAUL RICHTER A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afte... JEAN PAUL RICHTER Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm. JEAN PAUL RICHTER Our memories are the only paradise from which we can never be expelled. JEAN PAUL RICHTER The gaurdian angels of life sometimes fly so high as to be beyond our sight, but they are always loo... JEAN PAUL RICHTER Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest.
[Ger., Die Menschen gehen wie Schiesskugel... JEAN PAUL RICHTER A farewell is necessary before we can meet again, and meeting again, after moments or a lifetime is ... JEAN PAUL RICHTER A sky full of silent suns. JEAN PAUL RICHTER When one remains modest, not after praise but after blame, then
is he really so.
[Ger., Wenn jema... JEAN PAUL RICHTER He who gives up the smallest part of a secret has the rest no
longer in his power.
[Ger., Wer den... JEAN PAUL RICHTER Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something. JEAN PAUL RICHTER For variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity
of something.
[Ger., Weil Versch... JEAN PAUL RICHTER Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life. JEAN PAUL RICHTER It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise. JEAN PAUL RICHTER Night was drawing and closing her curtain up above the world, and
down beneath it. JEAN PAUL RICHTER Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another. -Jean Pa... JEAN PAUL RICHTER Cheerfulness is the atmosphere in which all things thrive JEAN PAUL RICHTER The greatest hatred, like the greatest virtue and the worst dogs,
is silent.
[Ger., Der grosste H... JEAN PAUL RICHTER Like the greatest virtue and the worst dogs, the fiercest hatred is silent. JEAN PAUL RICHTER Flowers never emit so sweet and strong a fragrance as before a storm. When a storm approaches thee, ... JEAN PAUL RICHTER Orthodox medicine has not found an answer to your complaint. However, luckily for you, I happen to b... RICHTER CARTOON CAPTION