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 JOUBERTSpace is to place as eternity is to time.
More Joseph Joubert Quotes
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Politeness is the flower of humanity.
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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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Space is to place as eternity is to time.
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Words, like glass, obscure when they do not aid vision.
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One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.
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God is the place where I do not remember the rest.
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Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.
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It is easy to understand God as long as you don’t try to explain him.
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You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.
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Never cut what you can untie.
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A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
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Imagination is the eye of the soul.
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To teach is to learn twice.
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Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.
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The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.
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