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 JOUBERTOnly choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he were a woman.
More Joseph Joubert Quotes
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The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.
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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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Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.
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Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other.
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Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of.
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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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A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
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To teach is to learn twice.
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Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.
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Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.
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Children need models rather than critics.
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Space is to place as eternity is to time.
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Space is the stature of God.
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Words, like glass, obscure when they do not aid vision.
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The direction of the mind is more important than its progress.
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