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

Quote by Joseph Joubert

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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

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...

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...

One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.

One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.

Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms....

Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms....

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

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

God has commanded Time to console the unhappy

God has commanded Time to console the unhappy

Children need models rather than critics.

Children need models rather than critics.

The passions of the young are vices in the old.

The passions of the young are vices in the old.

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

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

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

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

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.

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...

Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

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...

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Tenderness is the repose of Passion

Tenderness is the repose of Passion

Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light

Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light

Loneliness is about the scariest thing out there.

Loneliness is about the scariest thing out there.

Do you know what it means to come home at night to a woman who'll...

Do you know what it means to come home at night to a woman who'll...