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.
JOSEPH JOUBERTImagination is the eye of the soul.
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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 best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.
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Space is to place as eternity is to time.
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Ask the young. They know everything.
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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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Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.
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The passions of the young are vices in the old.
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Imagination is the eye of the soul.
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Children need models rather than critics.
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When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.
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Never cut what you can untie.
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The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.
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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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We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.
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