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There are single thoughts that contain the essence of a whole volume, single sentences that have the beauties of a large work.
Joseph Joubert
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Joseph Joubert
Age: 69 †
Born: 1754
Born: May 7
Died: 1824
Died: May 4
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Monuments are the grappling-irons that bind one generation to another.
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A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
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The essence of life consists in thinking, and being conscious of one's soul.
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Heaven is for those who think of it.
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TIME and truth are friends, though there are many moments hostile to truth.
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He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.
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When one has too great a dread of what is impending, one feels some relief when the trouble has come.
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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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We should always keep a corner of our heads open and free, that we may make room for the opinions of our friends. Let us have heart and head hospitality.
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Words are like eyeglasses they blur everything that they do not make clear.
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We use up in the passions the stuff that was given us for happiness.
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