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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We may convince others by our arguments; but we can only persuade them by their...

We may convince others by our arguments; but we can only persuade them by their...

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...

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 passions of the young are vices in the old.

The passions of the young are vices in the old.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

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.

Genius is the ability to see things invisible, to manipulate things intangible, to paint things...

Genius is the ability to see things invisible, to manipulate things intangible, to paint things...

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

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.

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

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.

Never cut what you can untie.

Never cut what you can untie.

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

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

All are born to observe order, but few are born to establish it.

All are born to observe order, but few are born to establish it.

Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.

Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.

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.

No sight is more provocative of awe than is the night sky

No sight is more provocative of awe than is the night sky

I have never started a poem yet whose end I knew. Writing a poem is...

I have never started a poem yet whose end I knew. Writing a poem is...

A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own...

A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own...