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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Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he...

Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he...

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.

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 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...

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

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

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...

Never cut what you can untie.

Never cut what you can untie.

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...

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.

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

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

Justice is the truth in action.

Justice is the truth in action.

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

The passions of the young are vices in the old.

The passions of the young are vices in the old.

When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great...

When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great...

Ask the young. They know everything.

Ask the young. They know everything.

Children need models rather than critics.

Children need models rather than critics.

Justice is the truth in action.

Justice is the truth in action.

Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful,...

Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful,...

A lawyer's relationship to justice and wisdom is on a par with a piano tuner's...

A lawyer's relationship to justice and wisdom is on a par with a piano tuner's...