Politeness is the flower of humanity.
JOSEPH JOUBERTThe 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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We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.
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Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.
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Imagination is the eye of the soul.
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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 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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There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world.
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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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Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.
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It is easy to understand God as long as you don’t try to explain him.
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God is the place where I do not remember the rest.
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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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You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.
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The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.
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Misery is almost always the result of thinking.
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