The passions of the young are vices in the old.

Quote by Joseph Joubert

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

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

Justice is the truth in action.

Justice is the truth in action.

Never cut what you can untie.

Never cut what you can untie.

Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the...

Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the...

To teach is to learn twice.

To teach is to learn twice.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

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.

Children need models rather than critics.

Children need models rather than critics.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.

One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.

Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.

Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.

Time and truth are friends, though there are many moments hostile to truth

Time and truth are friends, though there are many moments hostile to truth

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

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

Never cut what you can untie.

Never cut what you can untie.

No brilliance is required in law, just common sense and relatively clean fingernails.

No brilliance is required in law, just common sense and relatively clean fingernails.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Patience is the courage of the conqueror, the strength of man against destiny

Patience is the courage of the conqueror, the strength of man against destiny