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 JOUBERTThere was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world.
More Joseph Joubert Quotes
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Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.
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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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Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.
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You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.
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Misery is almost always the result of thinking.
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Never cut what you can untie.
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Children need models rather than critics.
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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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When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.
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Words, like glass, obscure when they do not aid vision.
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Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.
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Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
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