Never cut what you can untie.

Quote by Joseph Joubert

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

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

Children need models rather than critics.

Children need models rather than critics.

The passions of the young are vices in the old.

The passions of the young are vices in the old.

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

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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...

Justice is the truth in action.

Justice is the truth in action.

Time and truth are friends, though there are many moments hostile to truth

Time and truth are friends, though there are many moments hostile to truth

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but thyself.

Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but thyself.

In bringing up a child, think of its old age.

In bringing up a child, think of its old age.

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

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

Space is the stature of God.

Space is the stature of God.

The direction of the mind is more important than its progress.

The direction of the mind is more important than its progress.

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.