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

Quote by Joseph Joubert

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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...

Ask the young. They know everything.

Ask the young. They know everything.

Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but thyself.

Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but thyself.

Tenderness is the repose of Passion

Tenderness is the repose of Passion

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...

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.

You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.

Justice is the truth in action.

Justice is the truth in action.

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...

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

Never cut what you can untie.

Never cut what you can untie.

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.

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...

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

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

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...

Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

Children need models rather than critics.

Children need models rather than critics.

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...

If books were Persian carpets, one would not look only at the outer side. because...

If books were Persian carpets, one would not look only at the outer side. because...

Read much, but not many books.

Read much, but not many books.

You must ask God to give you power to fight against the sin of pride...

You must ask God to give you power to fight against the sin of pride...

If one attempts to assign to religion its place in man's evolution, it seems not...

If one attempts to assign to religion its place in man's evolution, it seems not...