Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.
JOSEPH JOUBERTYou will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.
More Joseph Joubert Quotes
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One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.
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The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.
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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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The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.
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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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Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.
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You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.
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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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Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.
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Misery is almost always the result of thinking.
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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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Words, like glass, obscure when they do not aid vision.
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Politeness is the flower of humanity.
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Innocence is always unsuspicious.
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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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