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Words become luminous when the poet's finger has passed over them its phosphorescence.

Joseph Joubert

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Joseph Joubert
Age: 69 †
Born: 1754
Born: May 7
Died: 1824
Died: May 4
Essayist
Philosopher
Writer
Words
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Luminous
Finger
Passed
Fingers
Poet
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It would be next to impossible to discover a handsome woman who was not also a vain woman.
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It is an aspect of all happiness to suppose that we deserve it.
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Sexes. One has the look of a wound, the other of something skinned.
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There is graciousness and a kind of urbanity in beginning with men by esteem and confidence. It proves, at least, that we have long lived in good company with others and with our selves.
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Professional critics are incapable of distinguishing and appreciating either diamonds in the rough or gold in bars. They are traders, and in literature know only the coins that are current. Their critical lab has scales and weights, but neither crucible or touchstone.
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We do not do well except when we know where the best is and when we are assured that we have touched it and hold its power within us.
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Haughty people seem to me to have, like the dwarfs, the stature of a child and the face of a man.
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Eyes raised toward heaven are always beautiful, whatever they be.
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Slander is the solace of malignity.
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When you give, give with joy and smiling.
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Abuse of words is the foundation of ideology.
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Children need models rather than critics.
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Reason is a bee, and exists only on what it makes his usefulness takes the place of beauty.
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I resemble the poplar,--that tree which, even when old, still looks young.
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A false mind is false in everything, just as a cross eye always looks askant. But one may err once, nay, a hundred times, without being double-minded. There can never be mental duplicity where there is sincerity.
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In temperance there is ever cleanliness and elegance.
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Old age was naturally more honored in times when people could not know much more than what they had seen.
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The breath of the mind is attention.
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To see the world is to judge the judges.
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