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

Quote by Joseph Joubert

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Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.

Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.

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 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...

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

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

Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

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.

Space is the stature of God.

Space is the stature of God.

There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the...

There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the...

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

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable

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.

Never cut what you can untie.

Never cut what you can untie.

Children need models rather than critics.

Children need models rather than critics.

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

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

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...

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...

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....

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

A genius is a man who can rewrap a new shirt and not have any...

A genius is a man who can rewrap a new shirt and not have any...

Genius without religion is only a lamp on the outer gate of a palace; it...

Genius without religion is only a lamp on the outer gate of a palace; it...