The passions of the young are vices in the old.
JOSEPH JOUBERTGrace 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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Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.
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Space is the stature of God.
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Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
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A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
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Politeness is the flower of humanity.
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God is the place where I do not remember the rest.
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The direction of the mind is more important than its progress.
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You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.
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Ask the young. They know everything.
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You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.
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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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Innocence is always unsuspicious.
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Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other.
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Justice is the truth in action.
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Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.
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