Never cut what you can untie.

Quote by Joseph Joubert

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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.

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....

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

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

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.

The passions of the young are vices in the old.

The passions of the young are vices in the old.

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...

Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.

Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

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

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

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.

One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.

One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.

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...

God is the place where I do not remember the rest.

God is the place where I do not remember the rest.

Children need models rather than critics.

Children need models rather than critics.

Justice is the truth in action.

Justice is the truth in action.

Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.

Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.

It is easy to understand God as long as you don't try to explain him.

It is easy to understand God as long as you don't try to explain him.

Space is the stature of God.

Space is the stature of God.