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The passions of the young are vices in the old.
Youth
Joseph Joubert

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The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.
Books - Reading
Joseph Joubert

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There is always some frivolity in excellent minds; they have wings to rise, but also stray.
Humor
Joseph Joubert

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There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world.
Books - Reading
Joseph Joubert

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They are like the clue in the labyrinth, or the compass in the night.
Proverbs
Joseph Joubert

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To teach is to learn twice.
Teachers and Teaching
Joseph Joubert

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We always believe God is like ourselves, the indulgent think him indulgent and the stern, terrible.
God
Joseph Joubert

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What is true by lamplight is not always true by sunlight.
Truth
Joseph Joubert

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Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.
Consistency
Joseph Joubert

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Without duty, life is sort of boneless; it cannot hold itself together.
Duty
Joseph Joubert

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Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.
Spirit and Spirituality
Joseph Joubert

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

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You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.
Poetry and Poets
Joseph Joubert

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun