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A thought is a thing as real as a cannonball.

Joseph Joubert

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Joseph Joubert
Age: 69 †
Born: 1754
Born: May 7
Died: 1824
Died: May 4
Essayist
Philosopher
Writer
Cannonball
Cannonballs
Thought
Real
Thing

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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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Justice is the truth in action.
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Heaven is for those who think of it.
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We should always keep a corner of our heads open and free, that we may make room for the opinions of our friends. Let us have heart and head hospitality.
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Old age takes from the man of intellect no qualities save those that are useless to wisdom.
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Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader.
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Let us be men with men, and always children before God for in His eyes we are but children. Old age itself, in presence of eternity, is but the first moment of a morning.
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Children need models rather than critics.
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A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
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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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All good verses are like impromptus made at leisure.
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Politeness smooths wrinkles.
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Fate and necessity are unconquerable.
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Genius is the ability to see things invisible, to manipulate things intangible, to paint things that have no features
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I love prudence very little, if it is not moral.
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We should make ourselves loved, for men are only just towards those whom they love.
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Ornaments were invented by modesty.
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To see the world is to judge the judges.
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Liquid, flowing words are the choicest and the best, if language is regarded as music. But when it is considered as a picture, then there are rough words which are very telling, they make their mark.
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Old age deprives the intelligent man only of qualities useless to wisdom.
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