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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
Heaven
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Thinking

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When the painter wishes to represent an event, he cannot place before us too great a number of personages but he cannot employ too few when he wishes to portray an emotion.
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The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.
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I resemble the poplar,--that tree which, even when old, still looks young.
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Luckily, I never feel at one time more than half my pains.
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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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When credulity comes from the heart it does no harm to the intellect.
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