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You want to talk to someone first open your ears.

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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Before you use a fancy word, make room for it.
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Lenity is a part of justice but she must not speak too loud for fear of waking justice.
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Think that day lost whose descending sun, views from thy hand no noble action done.
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There was a time when the world acted on books now books act on the world.
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All good verses are like impromptus made at leisure.
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The essence of life consists in thinking, and being conscious of one's soul.
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There are those to whom one must advise madness.
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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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You have to be like the pebble in the stream, keeping the grain and rolling along without being dissolved or dissolving anything else.
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Beautiful works do not intoxicate, but they enchant.
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The mind is the atmosphere of the soul.
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What can you possibly add to a mind that's full, especially one that's full of itself.
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Thoughts there are, that need no embodying, no form, no expression. It is enough to hint at them vaguely a word, and they are heard and seen.
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No one is mediocre who has good sense and good sentiments.
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We always believe God is like ourselves, the indulgent think him indulgent and the stern, terrible.
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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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The evening of life brings with it its lamps.
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