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