The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Quote by Joseph Joubert

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Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable

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

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

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...

To teach is to learn twice.

To teach is to learn twice.

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

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

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

Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but thyself.

Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but thyself.

Justice is the truth in action.

Justice is the truth in action.

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...

Never cut what you can untie.

Never cut what you can untie.

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

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.

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

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

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

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....

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

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

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.