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Joseph Joubert Quotes: Reason is a bee, and exists only on what it makes; his usefulness takes the place of beauty.
         

Reason is a bee, and exists only on what it makes; his usefulness takes the place of beauty.


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Words are like eyeglasses they blur everything that they do not make clear.



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Monuments are the grappling-irons that bind one generation to another.



The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.



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

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



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

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



A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.



We find little in a book but what we put there. But in great books, the mind finds room to put many things.

We find little in a book but what we put there. But in great books, the mind finds room to put many things.



The evening of life brings with it its lamps.

The evening of life brings with it its lamps.



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

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



Close your eyes and you will see.

Close your eyes and you will see.





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