Eyes raised toward heaven are always beautiful, whatever they be.
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Quotes by Joseph Joubert
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Children have more need of models than of critics.
Let us be men with men, and always children before God; for in His eyes we are but children. Old age itself, in presence of eternity, is but the first moment of a morning.
Men must be either the slaves of duty, or the slaves of force.
We comprehend the earth only when we have known heaven. Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.
Religion is the only metaphysics that the multitude can understand and adopt.
Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.
The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.
It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.
Innocence is always unsuspicious.
Politeness is the flower of humanity.
Never cut what you can untie.
A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other.
To teach is to learn twice.
Children need models rather than critics.
We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.
Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.
Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.
Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.
When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.
Imagination is the eye of the soul.
The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.
Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he were a woman.
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