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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.

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Joseph Joubert
Age: 69 †
Born: 1754
Born: May 7
Died: 1824
Died: May 4
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Think of the ills from which you are exempt.
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Taste is the literary conscience of the soul.
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Eyes raised toward heaven are always beautiful, whatever they be.
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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 is not my words that I polish, but my ideas.
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Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.
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When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great thought, another is born who is able to understand and admire it.
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Lenity is a part of justice but she must not speak too loud for fear of waking justice.
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If authorities were well organized, there would not be an Unknown Warrior.
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The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.
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Of what delights are we deprived by our excesses!
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Strength is natural, but grace is the growth of habit. This charming quality requires practice if it is to become lasting.
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The idea of the nest in the bird's mind, where does it come from?
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Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people.
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Mediocrity is excellence in the eyes of the mediocre.
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All good verses are like impromptus made at leisure.
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You want to talk to someone first open your ears.
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He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet. [Fr., Celui qui a de l'imagination sans erudition a des ailes, et n'a pas de pieds.]
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Words are like eyeglasses they blur everything that they do not make clear.
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There was a time when the world acted on books now books act on the world.
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