There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world.
JOSEPH JOUBERTYou will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.
More Joseph Joubert Quotes
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Imagination is the eye of the soul.
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A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
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Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of.
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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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The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.
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Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
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When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.
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Politeness is the flower of humanity.
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Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.
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The passions of the young are vices in the old.
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Space is to place as eternity is to time.
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Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he were a woman.
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Never cut what you can untie.
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Ask the young. They know everything.
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It is easy to understand God as long as you don’t try to explain him.
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