French - Writer | May 7, 1754 - May 4, 1824
The passions of the young are vices in the old.
Joseph Joubert
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Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms. This is true of bodies; but when we speak of feelings, beauty is in their spirituality, and grace in their moderation.
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Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.
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Children need models rather than critics.
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Justice is the truth in action.
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It is easy to understand God as long as you don't try to explain him.
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You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.
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The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine - but divine in the sense that all great books are divine which teach men how to live righteously.
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Words, like glass, obscure when they do not aid vision.
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One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.
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There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world.
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Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.
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