Politeness is the flower of humanity.

Quote by Joseph Joubert

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Ask the young. They know everything.

Ask the young. They know everything.

He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.

He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

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...

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

To teach is to learn twice.

To teach is to learn twice.

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.

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

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.

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.

Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.

Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.

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.

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...

One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.

One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

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...

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

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

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

In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues...

In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues...

The women of Greece count their age from their marriage, not from their birth.

The women of Greece count their age from their marriage, not from their birth.