Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

Quote by Joseph Joubert

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Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.

Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.

Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people

Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people

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...

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.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.

One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.

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.

God has commanded Time to console the unhappy

God has commanded Time to console the unhappy

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.

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

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

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

Justice is the truth in action.

Justice is the truth in action.

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

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

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...

Ask the young. They know everything.

Ask the young. They know everything.

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...

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

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Work is the source of nearly all the misery in the world. Almost any evil...

Work is the source of nearly all the misery in the world. Almost any evil...

I don't think of all the misery, but of all the beauty that still remains

I don't think of all the misery, but of all the beauty that still remains