There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world.
JOSEPH JOUBERTIt is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.
More Joseph Joubert Quotes
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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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Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.
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You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.
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Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.
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Children need models rather than critics.
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Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader.
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Justice is the truth in action.
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The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.
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To teach is to learn twice.
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Space is the stature of God.
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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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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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Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.
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