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There are some men who are witty when they are in a bad humor, and others only when they are sad.

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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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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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In these times gain is not only a matter of greed, but of ambition.
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Misery is almost always the result of thinking.
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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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Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.
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Without duty, life is soft and boneless.
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Old age deprives the intelligent man only of qualities useless to wisdom.
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Genius begins beautiful works, but only labor finishes them.
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Whence? wither? why? how? - these questions cover all philosophy.
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The art of saying well what one thinks is different from the faculty of thinking. The latter may be very deep and lofty and far- reaching, while the former is altogether wanting.
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Monuments are the grappling-irons that bind one generation to another.
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Justice is the truth in action.
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TIME and truth are friends, though there are many moments hostile to truth.
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Common sense suits itself to the ways of the world. Wisdom tries to confirm to the ways of heaven.
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