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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.

Joseph Joubert

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Joseph Joubert
Age: 69 †
Born: 1754
Born: May 7
Died: 1824
Died: May 4
Essayist
Philosopher
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Mediocrity is excellence in the eyes of the mediocre.
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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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When credulity comes from the heart it does no harm to the intellect.
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The essence of life consists in thinking, and being conscious of one's soul.
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Children must be rendered reasonable, but not reasoners. The first thing to teach them is that it is reasonable for them to obey, and unreasonable for them to dispute.
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Forms of government become established of themselves. They shape themselves, they are not created. We may give them strength and consistency, but we cannot call them into being. Let us rest assured that the form of government can never be a matter of choice: it is almost always a matter of necessity.
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You arrive at truth through poetry I arrive at poetry through truth.
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The soul that is the abode of chastity acquires an energy which enables her to surmount with ease the obstacles that lie along the path of duty.
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Drawing is speaking to the eye talking is painting to the ear.
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