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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Never cut what you can untie.
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Space is the stature of God.
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Misery is almost always the result of thinking.
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Ask the young. They know everything.
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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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You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.
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Justice is the truth in action.
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Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of.
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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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One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.
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The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.
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Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.
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Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.
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Imagination is the eye of the soul.
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