A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

Quote by Joseph Joubert

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A Flatterer is a man that tells you your opinion and not his own

A Flatterer is a man that tells you your opinion and not his own

Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms....

Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms....

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

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

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...

Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people

Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people

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.

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

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

Never cut what you can untie.

Never cut what you can untie.

God is the place where I do not remember the rest.

God is the place where I do not remember the rest.

When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great...

When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great...

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...

Ask the young. They know everything.

Ask the young. They know everything.

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

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

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...

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

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

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

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.

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of.

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of.