All are born to observe order, but few are born to establish it.
JOSEPH JOUBERTGenius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
More Joseph Joubert Quotes
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Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.
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Ask the young. They know everything.
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Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.
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Politeness is the flower of humanity.
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Imagination is the eye of the soul.
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Space is the stature of God.
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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 find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.
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When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.
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One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.
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There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world.
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The passions of the young are vices in the old.
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You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.
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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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To teach is to learn twice.
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