There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world.
JOSEPH JOUBERTGenius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
More Joseph Joubert Quotes
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The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.
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A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
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Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.
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To teach is to learn twice.
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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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Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
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One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.
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Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.
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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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The passions of the young are vices in the old.
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Children need models rather than critics.
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It is easy to understand God as long as you don’t try to explain him.
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Never cut what you can untie.
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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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