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

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

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...

Children need models rather than critics.

Children need models rather than critics.

In bringing up a child, think of its old age.

In bringing up a child, think of its old age.

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

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...

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

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

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

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

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

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

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....

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.

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

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.

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

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

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...

Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

Ask the young. They know everything.

Ask the young. They know everything.