You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.

Quote by Joseph Joubert

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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

Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.

Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

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.

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.

Tenderness is the repose of Passion

Tenderness is the repose of Passion

It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question...

It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question...

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...

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

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

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...

Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people

Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people

One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.

One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

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...

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.