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.
JOSEPH JOUBERTYou will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.
More Joseph Joubert Quotes
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There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world.
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When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.
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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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Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.
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Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.
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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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Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.
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Space is to place as eternity is to time.
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Politeness is the flower of humanity.
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Imagination is the eye of the soul.
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Words, like glass, obscure when they do not aid vision.
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The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.
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Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of.
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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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