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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.

Joseph Joubert

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Joseph Joubert
Age: 69 †
Born: 1754
Born: May 7
Died: 1824
Died: May 4
Essayist
Philosopher
Writer
Wit
Witty
Humor
Others
Men

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The soul paints itself in our machines.
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Genuine bon mots surprise those from whose lips they fall, no less than they do those who listen to them.
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Credulity forges more miracles than trickery could invent.
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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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Eyes raised toward heaven are always beautiful, whatever they be.
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Old age deprives the intelligent man only of qualities useless to wisdom.
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The last word should be the last word. It is like a finishing touch given to color there is nothing more to add. But what precaution is needed in order not to put the last word first.
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Agriculture engenders good sense, and good sense of an excellent kind.
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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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What can you possibly add to a mind that's full, especially one that's full of itself.
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A false mind is false in everything, just as a cross eye always looks askant. But one may err once, nay, a hundred times, without being double-minded. There can never be mental duplicity where there is sincerity.
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The lively phraseology of Montesquieu was the result of long meditation. His words, as light as wings, bear on them grave reflections.
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It is an aspect of all happiness to suppose that we deserve it.
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In the commerce of language use only coin of gold and silver.
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Words become luminous when the poet's finger has passed over them its phosphorescence.
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Luckily, I never feel at one time more than half my pains.
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The paper is patient, but the reader is not.
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To be an agreeable guest one need only enjoy oneself.
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Work like you don't need the money.
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Truth consists of having the same idea about something that God has.
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