It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.

Quote by Joseph Joubert

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Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Never cut what you can untie.

Never cut what you can untie.

It is easy to understand God as long as you don't try to explain him.

It is easy to understand God as long as you don't try to explain him.

Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he...

Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he...

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.

When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.

In bringing up a child, think of its old age.

In bringing up a child, think of its old age.

Old age deprives the intelligent man only of qualities useless to wisdom.

Old age deprives the intelligent man only of qualities useless to wisdom.

Time and truth are friends, though there are many moments hostile to truth

Time and truth are friends, though there are many moments hostile to truth

We may convince others by our arguments; but we can only persuade them by their...

We may convince others by our arguments; but we can only persuade them by their...

You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.

You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.

Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but thyself.

Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but thyself.

How many people make themselves abstract to appear profound. The most useful part of abstract...

How many people make themselves abstract to appear profound. The most useful part of abstract...

Children need models rather than critics.

Children need models rather than critics.

The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.

The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.

He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.

He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.

We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for...

We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for...

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable

There is superstition in avoiding superstitions

There is superstition in avoiding superstitions

I worry that, especially as the Millennium edges nearer, pseudo-science and superstition will seem year...

I worry that, especially as the Millennium edges nearer, pseudo-science and superstition will seem year...