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God is the place where I do not remember the rest.

Joseph Joubert

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Joseph Joubert
Age: 69 †
Born: 1754
Born: May 7
Died: 1824
Died: May 4
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Genius is the ability to see things invisible, to manipulate things intangible, to paint things that have no features
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Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners beauty in the nude, and in forms. This is true of bodies but when we speak of feelings, beauty is in their spirituality, and grace in their moderation.
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The dregs may stir themselves as they please they fall back to the bottom by their own coarseness.
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Children need models rather than critics.
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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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Our worries always come from our weaknesses.
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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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Minds which never rest are subject to many digressions.
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In these times gain is not only a matter of greed, but of ambition.
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