The passions of the young are vices in the old.

Quote by Joseph Joubert

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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...

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

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

Never cut what you can untie.

Never cut what you can untie.

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....

Justice is the truth in action.

Justice is the truth in action.

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...

Tenderness is the repose of Passion

Tenderness is the repose of Passion

It is easy to understand God as long as you don't try to explain him.

It is easy to understand God as long as you don't try to explain him.

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

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

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

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

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.

Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.

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

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

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

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

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...

It is better to be admired than to be popular. Strive to be better yourself,...

It is better to be admired than to be popular. Strive to be better yourself,...

Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases

Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases

I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal....

I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal....

There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in...

There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in...

And verily, a woman need know but one man well, in order to understand all...

And verily, a woman need know but one man well, in order to understand all...