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.
JOSEPH JOUBERTGod is the place where I do not remember the rest.
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Words, like glass, obscure when they do not aid vision.
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You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.
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To teach is to learn twice.
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Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
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Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.
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When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.
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Ask the young. They know everything.
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Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of.
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One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.
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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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Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader.
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You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.
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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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Imagination is the eye of the soul.
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