You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.
JOSEPH JOUBERTWords, like glass, obscure when they do not aid vision.
More Joseph Joubert Quotes
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Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.
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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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The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.
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When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.
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Words, like glass, obscure when they do not aid vision.
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Never cut what you can untie.
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It is easy to understand God as long as you don’t try to explain him.
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The passions of the young are vices in the old.
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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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Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.
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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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The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.
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He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.
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Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.
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