The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine - but divine in the sense that all great books are divine which teach men how to live righteously.

Quote by Joseph Joubert

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The passions of the young are vices in the old.

The passions of the young are vices in the old.

Children need models rather than critics.

Children need models rather than critics.

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...

Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.

Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.

Space is the stature of God.

Space is the stature of God.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

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

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

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

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

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

Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.

Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.

All are born to observe order, but few are born to establish it.

All are born to observe order, but few are born to establish it.

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...

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable

Never cut what you can untie.

Never cut what you can untie.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people

Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people

The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.

The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.

Ask the young. They know everything.

Ask the young. They know everything.

Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

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...