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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Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

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...

Justice is the truth in action.

Justice is the truth in action.

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

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

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...

Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people

Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people

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.

One of the most difficult things to give away is kindness it is usually returned

One of the most difficult things to give away is kindness it is usually returned

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...

Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

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

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