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

Quote by Joseph Joubert

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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...

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.

Only choose in marriage a woman whom you would choose as a friend if she...

Only choose in marriage a woman whom you would choose as a friend if she...

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

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

How many people make themselves abstract to appear profound. The most useful part of abstract...

How many people make themselves abstract to appear profound. The most useful part of abstract...

Children need models rather than critics.

Children need models rather than critics.

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...

Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people

Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people

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

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

The passions of the young are vices in the old.

The passions of the young are vices in the old.

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

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

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

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

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

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

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

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

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

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

Lives in eternity's sun rise.

Lives in eternity's sun rise.

Eternity's a terrible thought

Eternity's a terrible thought

Space by itself, and time by itself, are doomed to fade away into mere shadows,...

Space by itself, and time by itself, are doomed to fade away into mere shadows,...

That awkward moment when you're making a wish on 11:11 and you get interrupted by...

That awkward moment when you're making a wish on 11:11 and you get interrupted by...