Politeness is the flower of humanity.

Quote by Joseph Joubert

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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.

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

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...

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...

Justice is the truth in action.

Justice is the truth in action.

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

To teach is to learn twice.

To teach is to learn twice.

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.

Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

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.

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

God has commanded Time to console the unhappy

God has commanded Time to console the unhappy

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...

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.

The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.

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

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.

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

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

Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have...

Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have...

Age is only a number, a cipher for the records. A man can't retire his...

Age is only a number, a cipher for the records. A man can't retire his...