Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader.
JOSEPH JOUBERTIt is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.
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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 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.
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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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Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.
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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 not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.
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One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.
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When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.
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Politeness is the flower of humanity.
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A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
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Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.
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Never cut what you can untie.
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Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.
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The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.
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Ask the young. They know everything.
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