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 JOUBERTWho ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.
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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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The direction of the mind is more important than its progress.
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One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.
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Space is to place as eternity is to time.
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Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
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All are born to observe order, but few are born to establish it.
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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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The passions of the young are vices in the old.
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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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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 best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.
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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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You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.
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Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.
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