Politeness is the flower of humanity.
JOSEPH JOUBERTWe must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.
More Joseph Joubert Quotes
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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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Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.
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Space is to place as eternity is to time.
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To teach is to learn twice.
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God is the place where I do not remember the rest.
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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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Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of.
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Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.
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Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.
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You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.
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Space is the stature of God.
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There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world.
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The direction of the mind is more important than its progress.
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Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.
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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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