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Be saving, but not at the cost of all liberality. Have the soul of a king and the hand of a wise economist.
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How many books there are whose reputation is made that would not obtain it were it now to make?
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I do not call reason that brutal reason which crushes with its weight what is holy and sacred, that malignant reason which delights in the errors it succeeds in discovering, that unfeeling and scornful reason which insults credulity.
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To the liberal ideas of the age must be opposed the moral ideas of all ages.
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The soul that is the abode of chastity acquires an energy which enables her to surmount with ease the obstacles that lie along the path of duty.
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Old age was naturally more honored in times when people could not know much more than what they had seen.
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We use up in the passions the stuff that was given us for happiness.
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The true character of epistolary style is playfulness and urbanity.
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I would fain coin wisdom,—mould it, I mean, into maxims, proverbs, sentences, that can easily be retained and transmitted. Would that I could denounce and banish from the language of men—as base money—the words by which they cheat and are cheated!
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Men must be either the slaves of duty, or the slaves of force.
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The punishment of those who have loved women too much is to love them always.
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The last word should be the last word. It is like a finishing touch given to color; there is nothing more to add. But what precaution is needed in order not to put the last word first.
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We should do good whenever we can and do kindness at all times, for at all times we can.
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Success serves men as a pedestal. It makes them seem greater when not measured by reflection.
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The God of metaphysics is but an idea. But the God of religion, the Maker of heaven and earth, the sovereign Judge of actions and thoughts, is a power.
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Fancy, an animal faculty, is very different from imagination, which is intellectual. The former is passive; but the latter is active and creative. Children, the weak minded, and the timid are full of fancy. Men and women of intellect, of great intellect, are alone possessed of great imagination.
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Criticism even should not be without its charms. When quite devoid of all amenities, it is no longer literary.
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Religion is the only metaphysic that the multitude can understand and adopt.
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There is in the soul a taste for the good, just as there is in the body an appetite for enjoyment.
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Antiquity! I love your ruins better than your restorations.
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History needs distance, perspective. Facts and events which are too well attested cease, in some sort, to be malleable.
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Religion is neither a theology nor a theosophy; it is more than that, it is a discipline, a law, a yoke, an indissoluble engagement.
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Virtue is the health of the soul. It gives a flavor to the smallest leaves of life.
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Only just the right quantum of wit should be put into a book; in conversation a little excess is allowable.
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The ways suited to confidence are familiar to me, but not those that are suited to familiarity.
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Destiny is the invention of the cowardly, and the resigned.
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Joseph Joubert
Born:
May 7, 1754
Died:
May 4, 1824
(aged 69)
Bio:
Joseph Joubert was a French moralist and essayist, remembered today largely for his Pensées, which was published posthumously.
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