Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
JOSEPH JOUBERTYou will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.
More Joseph Joubert Quotes
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A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
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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 passions of the young are vices in the old.
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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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All are born to observe order, but few are born to establish it.
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Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.
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Justice is the truth in action.
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You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.
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Ask the young. They know everything.
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Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader.
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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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Words, like glass, obscure when they do not aid vision.
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Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.
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He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.
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Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.
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