Never cut what you can untie.

Quote by Joseph Joubert

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Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

To teach is to learn twice.

To teach is to learn twice.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.

Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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...

It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question...

It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question...

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

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

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

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...

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....

Space is the stature of God.

Space is the stature of God.

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.

Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.

Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.