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In the commerce of language use only coin of gold and silver.

Joseph Joubert

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Joseph Joubert
Age: 69 †
Born: 1754
Born: May 7
Died: 1824
Died: May 4
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Every modulated sound is not a song, and every voice that executes a beautiful air does not sing. Singing should enchant. But to produce this effect there must be a quality of soul and voice which is by no means common even with great singers.
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The lively phraseology of Montesquieu was the result of long meditation. His words, as light as wings, bear on them grave reflections.
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Think that day lost whose descending sun, views from thy hand no noble action done.
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I do not call reason that brutal reason which crushes with its weight what is holy and sacred, that malignant reason which delights in the errors it succeeds in discovering, that unfeeling and scornful reason which insults credulity.
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Virtue is the health of the soul.
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How many books there are whose reputation is made that would not obtain it were it now to make?
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There is always some frivolity in excellent minds they have wings to rise, but also stray.
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To be an agreeable guest one need only enjoy oneself.
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The breath of the mind is attention.
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To teach is to learn twice. About all some parents accomplish in life is to send a child to Harvard. The purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place to spend one's leisure.
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Fate and necessity are unconquerable.
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One can with dignity be wife and widow but once.
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Before you use a fancy word, make room for it.
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Politeness smooths wrinkles.
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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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Proverbs may be said to be the abridgment of wisdom.
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Whence? wither? why? how? - these questions cover all philosophy.
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It is an aspect of all happiness to suppose that we deserve it.
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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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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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