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 JOUBERTSuperstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of.
More Joseph Joubert Quotes
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Never cut what you can untie.
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Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.
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He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.
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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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It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.
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It is easy to understand God as long as you don’t try to explain him.
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Space is to place as eternity is to time.
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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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To teach is to learn twice.
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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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Ask the young. They know everything.
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Innocence is always unsuspicious.
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When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.
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Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.
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The passions of the young are vices in the old.
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