Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader.

Quote by Joseph Joubert

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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

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...

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

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

Never cut what you can untie.

Never cut what you can untie.

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...

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...

To teach is to learn twice.

To teach is to learn twice.

Justice is the truth in action.

Justice is the truth in action.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

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

Children need models rather than critics.

Children need models rather than critics.

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...

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

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

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Children need models rather than critics.

Children need models rather than critics.

He who has not the weakness of friendship has not the strength.

He who has not the weakness of friendship has not the strength.

Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.

Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.

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...

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is...

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is...