Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of.

Quote by Joseph Joubert

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Never cut what you can untie.

Never cut what you can untie.

The passions of the young are vices in the old.

The passions of the young are vices in the old.

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 imagination without learning has wings but no feet.

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

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...

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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.

Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the...

Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the...

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

Justice is the truth in action.

Justice is the truth in action.

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.

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

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

One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.

One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.

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.