Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.
JOSEPH JOUBERTBe charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.
More Joseph Joubert Quotes
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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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God is the place where I do not remember the rest.
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Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
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One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.
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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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Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.
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A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
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Space is the stature of God.
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Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.
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Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.
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There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world.
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Innocence is always unsuspicious.
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You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.
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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 best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.
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