Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.

Quote by Joseph Joubert

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Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from...

Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from...

Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.

Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.

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...

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....

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

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

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

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

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.

He who has not the weakness of friendship has not the strength.

He who has not the weakness of friendship has not the strength.

Never cut what you can untie.

Never cut what you can untie.

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable

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

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

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

There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the...

There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the...

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

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

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...

Man is the only animal that learns by being hypocritical. He pretends to be polite...

Man is the only animal that learns by being hypocritical. He pretends to be polite...

All human evil comes from a single cause, man's inability to sit still in a...

All human evil comes from a single cause, man's inability to sit still in a...

Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.

Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.