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 JOUBERTKindness is loving people more than they deserve.
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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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You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.
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He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.
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Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.
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When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.
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Misery is almost always the result of thinking.
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You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.
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Words, like glass, obscure when they do not aid vision.
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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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The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.
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The direction of the mind is more important than its progress.
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There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world.
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Innocence is always unsuspicious.
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Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.
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