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Politeness smooths wrinkles.

Joseph Joubert

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Joseph Joubert
Age: 69 †
Born: 1754
Born: May 7
Died: 1824
Died: May 4
Essayist
Philosopher
Writer
Smooths
Politeness
Wrinkles
Smooth

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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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I resemble the poplar,--that tree which, even when old, still looks young.
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How many weak shoulders have craved heavy burdens!
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Children must be rendered reasonable, but not reasoners. The first thing to teach them is that it is reasonable for them to obey, and unreasonable for them to dispute.
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Truth takes the stamp of the souls it enters. It is rigorous and rough in arid souls, but tempers and softens itself in loving natures.
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One man finds in religion his literature and his science, another finds in it his joy and his duty.
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Space is to place as eternity is to time.
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You want to talk to someone first open your ears.
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