Tenderness is the repose of Passion
Joseph Joubert
Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.
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Only choose in marriage a woman whom you would choose as a friend if she were a man
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Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people
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Misery is almost always the result of thinking.
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Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.
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We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.
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You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.
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Necessity may render a doubtful act innocent, but it cannot make it praiseworthy
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The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.
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Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable
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Time and truth are friends, though there are many moments hostile to truth
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Words become luminous when the poet's finger has passed over them its phosphorescence
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The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.
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Everything has its poetry. 94
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