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The dregs may stir themselves as they please they fall back to the bottom by their own coarseness.

Joseph Joubert

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Joseph Joubert
Age: 69 †
Born: 1754
Born: May 7
Died: 1824
Died: May 4
Essayist
Philosopher
Writer
Please
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May
Back
Coarseness
Dregs
Stir
Bottom

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