All are born to observe order, but few are born to establish it.

Quote by Joseph Joubert

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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.

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...

You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.

You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

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...

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

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

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

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

He who has not the weakness of friendship has not the strength.

He who has not the weakness of friendship has not the strength.

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

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

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

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...

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

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

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

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

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

The passions of the young are vices in the old.

The passions of the young are vices in the old.

Ask the young. They know everything.

Ask the young. They know everything.

Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

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

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