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Ideas never lack for words. It is words that lack ideas. As soon as the idea has come to its last degree of perfection, the word blossoms.

Joseph Joubert

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Joseph Joubert
Age: 69 †
Born: 1754
Born: May 7
Died: 1824
Died: May 4
Essayist
Philosopher
Writer
Ideas
Degrees
Come
Perfection
Never
Soon
Word
Lasts
Last
Blossoms
Words
Degree
Idea
Lack

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