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 JOUBERTSpace is the stature of God.
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Space is to place as eternity is to time.
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God is the place where I do not remember the rest.
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How many people make themselves abstract to appear profound. The most useful part of abstract terms are the shadows they create to hide a vacuum.
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When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.
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The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.
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Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.
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The passions of the young are vices in the old.
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A part of kindness consists in 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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One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.
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The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.
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Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of.
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Politeness is the flower of humanity.
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Words, like glass, obscure when they do not aid vision.
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Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.
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