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 JOUBERTAsk the young. They know everything.
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Ask the young. They know everything.
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There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world.
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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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Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of.
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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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Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
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The direction of the mind is more important than its progress.
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Imagination is the eye of the soul.
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Innocence is always unsuspicious.
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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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Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he were a woman.
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Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other.
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To teach is to learn twice.
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When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.
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A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
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