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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.

Joseph Joubert

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Joseph Joubert
Age: 69 †
Born: 1754
Born: May 7
Died: 1824
Died: May 4
Essayist
Philosopher
Writer
Rough
Softens
Souls
Tempers
Loving
Rigorous
Takes
Natures
Truth
Stamp
Soul
Enters
Stamps
Temper
Arid

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