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Strength is not energy some authors have more muscles than talent.
Joseph Joubert
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Joseph Joubert
Age: 69 †
Born: 1754
Born: May 7
Died: 1824
Died: May 4
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I resemble the poplar,--that tree which, even when old, still looks young.
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Of what delights are we deprived by our excesses!
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Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader.
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Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners beauty in the nude, and in forms. This is true of bodies but when we speak of feelings, beauty is in their spirituality, and grace in their moderation.
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Minds which never rest are subject to many digressions.
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Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.
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Taste is the literary conscience of the soul.
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Our worries always come from our weaknesses.
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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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Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.
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