The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.
JOSEPH JOUBERTThe passions of the young are vices in the old.
More Joseph Joubert Quotes
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How many people make themselves abstract to appear profound. The most useful part of abstract terms are the shadows they create to hide a vacuum.
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Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.
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Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other.
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Misery is almost always the result of thinking.
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To teach is to learn twice.
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Imagination is the eye of the soul.
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When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.
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Children need models rather than critics.
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Innocence is always unsuspicious.
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He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.
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Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.
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It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.
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Justice is the truth in action.
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We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.
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Words, like glass, obscure when they do not aid vision.
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