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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God has commanded Time to console the unhappy

God has commanded Time to console the unhappy

Genius is the ability to see things invisible, to manipulate things intangible, to paint things...

Genius is the ability to see things invisible, to manipulate things intangible, to paint things...

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....

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...

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...

Old age deprives the intelligent man only of qualities useless to wisdom.

Old age deprives the intelligent man only of qualities useless to wisdom.

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

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

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

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.

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...

We may convince others by our arguments; but we can only persuade them by their...

We may convince others by our arguments; but we can only persuade them by their...

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

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

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

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

Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.

Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

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.

Fundamental progress has to do with the reinterpretation of basic ideas.

Fundamental progress has to do with the reinterpretation of basic ideas.

I'm in a wonderful position: I'm unknown, I'm underrated, and there's nowhere to go but...

I'm in a wonderful position: I'm unknown, I'm underrated, and there's nowhere to go but...