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

Quote by Joseph Joubert

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Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

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.

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.

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

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

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 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.

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

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

It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question...

It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question...

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...

Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people

Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people

He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.

He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.

To teach is to learn twice.

To teach is to learn twice.

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

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

Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

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.

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...

Tenderness is the repose of Passion

Tenderness is the repose of Passion

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

I am imagination. I can see what the eyes cannot see. I can hear what...

I am imagination. I can see what the eyes cannot see. I can hear what...

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.