Justice is the truth in action.

Quote by Joseph Joubert

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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.

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

Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the...

Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the...

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

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

Children need models rather than critics.

Children need models rather than critics.

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

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.

Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

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

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

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

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

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

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...

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...

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....

Never cut what you can untie.

Never cut what you can untie.

The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next

The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next

Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has...

Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has...

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

Patience serves as a protection against wrongs as clothes do against cold. For if you...

Patience serves as a protection against wrongs as clothes do against cold. For if you...