The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.
JOSEPH JOUBERTThe aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.
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Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other.
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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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A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
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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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All are born to observe order, but few are born to establish it.
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Words, like glass, obscure when they do not aid vision.
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It is easy to understand God as long as you don’t try to explain him.
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He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.
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Justice is the truth in action.
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To teach is to learn twice.
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Politeness is the flower of humanity.
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The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.
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Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms. This is true of bodies; but when we speak of feelings, beauty is in their spirituality, and grace in their moderation.
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Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of.
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Innocence is always unsuspicious.
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