We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.

Quote by Joseph Joubert

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To teach is to learn twice.

To teach is to learn twice.

Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but thyself.

Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but thyself.

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.

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.

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

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...

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.

Space is the stature of God.

Space is the stature of God.

Justice is the truth in action.

Justice is the truth in action.

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

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

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.

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

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...

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.

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.

We may convince others by our arguments; but we can only persuade them by their...

We may convince others by our arguments; but we can only persuade them by their...

There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against...

There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against...

Save the arguments, just make love to me.

Save the arguments, just make love to me.