Words, like glass, obscure when they do not aid vision.
JOSEPH JOUBERTThere was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world.
More Joseph Joubert Quotes
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Imagination is the eye of the soul.
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Politeness is the flower of humanity.
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To teach is to learn twice.
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The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.
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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 write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader.
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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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Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.
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Children need models rather than critics.
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There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world.
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Never cut what you can untie.
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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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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.
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