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Genius begins beautiful works, but only labor finishes them.

Joseph Joubert

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Joseph Joubert
Age: 69 †
Born: 1754
Born: May 7
Died: 1824
Died: May 4
Essayist
Philosopher
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Labor
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Genius
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Genuine bon mots surprise those from whose lips they fall, no less than they do those who listen to them.
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It would be next to impossible to discover a handsome woman who was not also a vain woman.
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I would fain coin wisdom,—mould it, I mean, into maxims, proverbs, sentences, that can easily be retained and transmitted. Would that I could denounce and banish from the language of men—as base money—the words by which they cheat and are cheated!
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