Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.

Quote by Joseph Joubert

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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...

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...

Space is the stature of God.

Space is the stature of God.

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

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

The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine - but divine in...

The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine - but divine in...

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.

Never cut what you can untie.

Never cut what you can untie.

The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine - but divine in...

The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine - but divine in...

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

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

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

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

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

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

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of.

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of.

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...

Justice is the truth in action.

Justice is the truth in action.

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

Justice is the truth in action.

Justice is the truth in action.

When the commission finds that a pig has entered the parlor, the exercise of its...

When the commission finds that a pig has entered the parlor, the exercise of its...

Only a kind person is able to judge another justly and to make allowances for...

Only a kind person is able to judge another justly and to make allowances for...