Innocence is always unsuspicious.

Quote by Joseph Joubert

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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....

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...

Tenderness is the repose of Passion

Tenderness is the repose of Passion

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

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...

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

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

One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.

One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.

When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.

When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.

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...

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

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

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...

Children need models rather than critics.

Children need models rather than critics.

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

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

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

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

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...

Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.

Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

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

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

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.

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

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