Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.

Quote by Joseph Joubert

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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.

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.

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

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

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

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

Tenderness is the repose of Passion

Tenderness is the repose of Passion

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

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.

Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he...

Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he...

Ask the young. They know everything.

Ask the young. They know everything.

He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.

He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.

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

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

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

It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of...

It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of...

The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of...

The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of...

At middle age the soul should be opening up like a rose, not closing up...

At middle age the soul should be opening up like a rose, not closing up...

A good old man, sir. He will be talking. As they say, when the age...

A good old man, sir. He will be talking. As they say, when the age...