Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

Quote by Joseph Joubert

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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...

Children need models rather than critics.

Children need models rather than critics.

Justice is the truth in action.

Justice is the truth in action.

Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

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....

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

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

Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.

Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.

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

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

Never cut what you can untie.

Never cut what you can untie.

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...

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 best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.

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

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...

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Necessity may render a doubtful act innocent, but it cannot make it praiseworthy

Necessity may render a doubtful act innocent, but it cannot make it praiseworthy

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.

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...

Read books. They are good for us.

Read books. They are good for us.

How novel and original must be each new mans view of the universe - for...

How novel and original must be each new mans view of the universe - for...