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All good verses are like impromptus made at leisure.

Joseph Joubert

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Joseph Joubert
Age: 69 †
Born: 1754
Born: May 7
Died: 1824
Died: May 4
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The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.
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Abuse of words is the foundation of ideology.
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Only just the right quantum of wit should be put into a book in conversation a little excess is allowable.
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Professional critics are incapable of distinguishing and appreciating either diamonds in the rough or gold in bars. They are traders, and in literature know only the coins that are current. Their critical lab has scales and weights, but neither crucible or touchstone.
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