Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Quote by Joseph Joubert

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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...

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 has commanded Time to console the unhappy

God has commanded Time to console the unhappy

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

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

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

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...

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.

Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.

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.

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

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

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Genius is the ability to see things invisible, to manipulate things intangible, to paint things...

Genius is the ability to see things invisible, to manipulate things intangible, to paint things...

Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Tenderness is the repose of Passion

Tenderness is the repose of Passion

The passions of the young are vices in the old.

The passions of the young are vices in the old.

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...

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...