Politeness is the flower of humanity.

Quote by Joseph Joubert

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

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

Time and truth are friends, though there are many moments hostile to truth

Time and truth are friends, though there are many moments hostile to truth

Never cut what you can untie.

Never cut what you can untie.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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....

Justice is the truth in action.

Justice is the truth in action.

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

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.

Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but thyself.

Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but thyself.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

God has commanded Time to console the unhappy

God has commanded Time to console the unhappy

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...

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.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

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

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

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.