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 JOUBERTSuperstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of.
More Joseph Joubert Quotes
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When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.
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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 aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.
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Words, like glass, obscure when they do not aid vision.
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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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Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.
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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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Never cut what you can untie.
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You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.
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It is easy to understand God as long as you don’t try to explain him.
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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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Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.
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All are born to observe order, but few are born to establish it.
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Innocence is always unsuspicious.
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