Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.

Quote by Joseph Joubert

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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

To teach is to learn twice.

To teach is to learn twice.

Children need models rather than critics.

Children need models rather than critics.

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...

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

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

When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.

When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.

Justice is the truth in action.

Justice is the truth in action.

Ask the young. They know everything.

Ask the young. They know everything.

Genius is the ability to see things invisible, to manipulate things intangible, to paint things...

Genius is the ability to see things invisible, to manipulate things intangible, to paint things...

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.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but thyself.

Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but thyself.

Never cut what you can untie.

Never cut what you can untie.

Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

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...

Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.

Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.

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

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.

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

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

One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.

One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.