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Virtue is the health of the soul.

Joseph Joubert

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Joseph Joubert
Age: 69 †
Born: 1754
Born: May 7
Died: 1824
Died: May 4
Essayist
Philosopher
Writer
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Nothing which does not transport is poetry. The lyre is a winged instrument.
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We use up in the passions the stuff that was given us for happiness.
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Old age takes from the man of intellect no qualities save those that are useless to wisdom.
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The essence of life consists in thinking, and being conscious of one's soul.
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The paper is patient, but the reader is not.
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The lively phraseology of Montesquieu was the result of long meditation. His words, as light as wings, bear on them grave reflections.
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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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