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

Quote by Joseph Joubert

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Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but thyself.

Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but thyself.

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.

Never cut what you can untie.

Never cut what you can untie.

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

Never cut what you can untie.

Never cut what you can untie.

Ask the young. They know everything.

Ask the young. They know everything.

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.

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.

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

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

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

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...

God is the place where I do not remember the rest.

God is the place where I do not remember the rest.

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...

Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.

Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.

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

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

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...

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

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...

Marriage is the result of the longing for the deep, deep peace of the double...

Marriage is the result of the longing for the deep, deep peace of the double...

Girlfriends have a come hither look. Wives have a hitherto look.

Girlfriends have a come hither look. Wives have a hitherto look.