It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.
JOSEPH JOUBERTPoliteness is the flower of humanity.
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The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.
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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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The passions of the young are vices in the old.
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Politeness is the flower of humanity.
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Never cut what you can untie.
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To teach is to learn twice.
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Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.
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There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world.
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Ask the young. They know everything.
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Misery is almost always the result of thinking.
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Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.
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Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
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Imagination is the eye of the soul.
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One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.
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Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.
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