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Truth consists of having the same idea about something that God has.

Joseph Joubert

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Joseph Joubert
Age: 69 †
Born: 1754
Born: May 7
Died: 1824
Died: May 4
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Avoid singularity. There may often be less vanity in following the new modes than in adhering to the old ones. It is true that the foolish invent them, but the wise may conform to, instead of contradicting, them.
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Monuments are the grappling-irons that bind one generation to another.
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Grief - Happiness is to feel that one's soul is good there is no other, in truth, and this kind of happiness may exist even in sorrow, so that there are griefs perfable to every joy, and such as would be preferred by all those who have felt them.
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Nothing ruins the truth like stretching it... GET RICH QUICK! Count your blessings... Stop telling GOD how big your storm is. Instead, tell the storm how big your GOD is!!!!!! Contentment begins where comparison ends. The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.
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Before you use a fancy word, make room for it.
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It is not my words that I polish, but my ideas.
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I resemble the poplar,--that tree which, even when old, still looks young.
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Science confounds everything it gives to the flowers an animal appetite, and takes away from even the plants their chastity.
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Taste is the literary conscience of the soul.
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Politeness smooths wrinkles.
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Our worries always come from our weaknesses.
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Some superior minds are unrecognized because there is no standard by which to weigh them.
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The art of saying well what one thinks is different from the faculty of thinking. The latter may be very deep and lofty and far- reaching, while the former is altogether wanting.
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Tenderness is the rest of passion.
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When you give, give with joy and smiling.
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