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Heaven is for those who think of it.

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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God is the place where I do not remember the rest.
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Words are like eyeglasses they blur everything that they do not make clear.
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Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader.
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Grace imitates modesty, as politeness imitates kindness.
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Think of the ills from which you are exempt.
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Let us be men with men, and always children before God for in His eyes we are but children. Old age itself, in presence of eternity, is but the first moment of a morning.
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