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To see the world is to judge the judges.

Joseph Joubert

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Joseph Joubert
Age: 69 †
Born: 1754
Born: May 7
Died: 1824
Died: May 4
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Philosopher
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Forms of government become established of themselves. They shape themselves, they are not created. We may give them strength and consistency, but we cannot call them into being. Let us rest assured that the form of government can never be a matter of choice: it is almost always a matter of necessity.
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All good verses are like impromptus made at leisure.
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We do not do well except when we know where the best is and when we are assured that we have touched it and hold its power within us.
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Ornaments were invented by modesty.
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Beautiful works do not intoxicate, but they enchant.
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