You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.

Quote by Joseph Joubert

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

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

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

Never cut what you can untie.

Never cut what you can untie.

Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but thyself.

Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but thyself.

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...

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...

Justice is the truth in action.

Justice is the truth in action.

We may convince others by our arguments; but we can only persuade them by their...

We may convince others by our arguments; but we can only persuade them by their...

Justice is the truth in action.

Justice is the truth in action.

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.

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

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

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

It is easy to understand God as long as you don't try to explain him.

It is easy to understand God as long as you don't try to explain him.

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

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.

Space is the stature of God.

Space is the stature of God.

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...

The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.

The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.