Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

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.

To teach is to learn twice.

To teach is to learn twice.

Never cut what you can untie.

Never cut what you can untie.

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...

Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.

Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.

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

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

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.

Children need models rather than critics.

Children need models rather than critics.

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...

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.

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...

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...

Ask the young. They know everything.

Ask the young. They know everything.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

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...

One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.

One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.

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...

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....

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

Politeness is the flower of humanity.