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We are all of us more or less echoes, repeating involuntarily the virtues, the defects, the movements, and the characters of those among whom we live.

Joseph Joubert

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Joseph Joubert
Age: 69 †
Born: 1754
Born: May 7
Died: 1824
Died: May 4
Essayist
Philosopher
Writer
Characters
Involuntarily
Among
Repeating
Movement
Defects
Virtue
Echoes
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Movements
Character
Virtues
Live
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Humility

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