The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.
JOSEPH JOUBERTHow 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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A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
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There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world.
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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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Politeness is the flower of humanity.
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Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.
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Children need models rather than critics.
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Ask the young. They know everything.
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Imagination is the eye of the soul.
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Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.
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The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.
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To teach is to learn twice.
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Space is the stature of God.
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The direction of the mind is more important than its progress.
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Misery is almost always the result of thinking.
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Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of.
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