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In temperance there is ever cleanliness and elegance.

Joseph Joubert

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Joseph Joubert
Age: 69 †
Born: 1754
Born: May 7
Died: 1824
Died: May 4
Essayist
Philosopher
Writer
Cleanliness
Temperance
Elegance
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Old age deprives the intelligent man only of qualities useless to wisdom.
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Luckily, I never feel at one time more than half my pains.
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There is in the soul a taste for the good, just as there is in the body an appetite for enjoyment.
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It is not my words that I polish, but my ideas.
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Truth takes the stamp of the souls it enters. It is rigorous and rough in arid souls, but tempers and softens itself in loving natures.
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Genius begins beautiful works, but only labor finishes them.
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Slander is the solace of malignity.
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He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet. [Fr., Celui qui a de l'imagination sans erudition a des ailes, et n'a pas de pieds.]
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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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