Words, like glass, obscure when they do not aid vision.
JOSEPH JOUBERTGenius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
More Joseph Joubert Quotes
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You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.
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Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.
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The direction of the mind is more important than its progress.
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He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.
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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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Politeness is the flower of humanity.
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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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Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.
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God is the place where I do not remember the rest.
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Never cut what you can untie.
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Imagination is the eye of the soul.
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The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.
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Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of.
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Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.
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Ask the young. They know everything.
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