Words, like glass, obscure when they do not aid vision.

Quote by Joseph Joubert

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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

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

The passions of the young are vices in the old.

The passions of the young are vices in the old.

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...

Children need models rather than critics.

Children need models rather than critics.

Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from...

Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from...

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

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

The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine - but divine in...

The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine - but divine in...

Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.

Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.

One of the most difficult things to give away is kindness it is usually returned

One of the most difficult things to give away is kindness it is usually returned

Ask the young. They know everything.

Ask the young. They know everything.

Never cut what you can untie.

Never cut what you can untie.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Necessity may render a doubtful act innocent, but it cannot make it praiseworthy

Necessity may render a doubtful act innocent, but it cannot make it praiseworthy

Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the...

Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the...

Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.

Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the 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...

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

The direction of the mind is more important than its progress.

The direction of the mind is more important than its progress.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.