The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine – but divine in the sense that all great books are divine which teach men how to live righteously.
JOSEPH JOUBERTWho ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.
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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Space is the stature of God.
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Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
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Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other.
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The direction of the mind is more important than its progress.
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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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When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.
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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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Innocence is always unsuspicious.
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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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Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.
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You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.
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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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The passions of the young are vices in the old.
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