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

Quote by Joseph Joubert

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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...

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

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

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

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.

Only choose in marriage a woman whom you would choose as a friend if she...

Only choose in marriage a woman whom you would choose as a friend if she...

Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but thyself.

Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but thyself.

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

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

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.

There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the...

There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the...

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...

Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

Tenderness is the repose of Passion

Tenderness is the repose of Passion

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

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

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

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

Children need models rather than critics.

Children need models rather than critics.

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

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

Middle age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone...

Middle age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone...

I was born at the age of twelve on an MGM lot.

I was born at the age of twelve on an MGM lot.

At your age The hey-day in the blood is tame, it's humble.

At your age The hey-day in the blood is tame, it's humble.