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Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader.

Joseph Joubert

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Joseph Joubert
Age: 69 †
Born: 1754
Born: May 7
Died: 1824
Died: May 4
Essayist
Philosopher
Writer
Writing
Pleasure
Never
Powerful
Write
Doe
Transferred
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Easily
Anything
Reader
Giving
Writer
Great
Emotion

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