How many people make themselves abstract to appear profound. The most useful part of abstract terms are the shadows they create to hide a vacuum.

Quote by Joseph Joubert

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Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people

Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable

The passions of the young are vices in the old.

The passions of the young are vices in the old.

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

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

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

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.

Justice is the truth in action.

Justice is the truth in action.

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...

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.

He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.

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...

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

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....

To teach is to learn twice.

To teach is to learn twice.

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...

Old age deprives the intelligent man only of qualities useless to wisdom.

Old age deprives the intelligent man only of qualities useless to wisdom.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

The man who loves his country prefers its liberty to all other considerations, well knowing...

The man who loves his country prefers its liberty to all other considerations, well knowing...

Misery is when you make your bed and then your mother tells you it's the...

Misery is when you make your bed and then your mother tells you it's the...

Morality becomes hypocrisy if it means accepting mothers suffering or dying in connection with unwanted...

Morality becomes hypocrisy if it means accepting mothers suffering or dying in connection with unwanted...