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• Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of.

  Joseph Joubert

  Soul, Religion, Superstitions

  Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

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• Imitate time; it destroys everything slowly; it undermines, it wears away, it detaches, it does not wrench.

  Joseph Joubert

  Time, Doe, Wrenches

  Joseph Joubert (1867). “Some of the "Thoughts" of Joseph Joubert”, p.105

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• Work like you don't need the money.

  Joseph Joubert

  Dance, Work, Hippie

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• Truth consists of having the same idea about something that God has.

  Joseph Joubert

  Truth, Ideas, Ministry

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• We should do good whenever we can and do kindness at all times, for at all times we can.

  Joseph Joubert

  Kindness, Should, Benevolence

  Joseph Joubert (1867). “Some of the "Thoughts" of Joseph Joubert”, p.64

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• Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

  Joseph Joubert

  Indulge In, Charity, Charitable

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• Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people.

  Joseph Joubert

  Eye, People, Mediocrity

  Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

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• The mind's direction is more important than its progress.

  Joseph Joubert

  History, Mind, Progress

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• Common sense suits itself to the ways of the world. Wisdom tries to confirm to the ways of heaven.

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  Wisdom, Common Sense, Heaven

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• The essence of life consists in thinking, and being conscious of one's soul.

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  Thinking, Essence, Soul

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• Think that day lost whose descending sun, views from thy hand no noble action done.

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  Thinking, Views, Hands

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• We live in an age in which superfluous ideas abound and essential ideas are lacking.

  Joseph Joubert

  Business, Ideas, Age

  Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

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• How many people make themselves abstract to appear profound. The most useful part of abstract terms are the shadows they create to hide a vacuum.

  Joseph Joubert

  People, Profound, Shadow

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• Living requires but little life; doing requires much.

  Joseph Joubert

  Littles, Action

  Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

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• The paper is patient, but the reader is not.

  Joseph Joubert

  Paper, Patient, Reader

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• Thoughts there are, that need no embodying, no form, no expression. It is enough to hint at them vaguely; a word, and they are heard and seen.

  Joseph Joubert

  Expression, Needs, Hints

  Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

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• Nothing ruins the truth like stretching it... GET RICH QUICK! Count your blessings... Stop telling GOD how big your storm is. Instead, tell the storm how big your GOD is!!!!!! Contentment begins where comparison ends. The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

  Joseph Joubert

  Blessing, Victory, Progress

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• Liquid, flowing words are the choicest and the best, if language is regarded as music. But when it is considered as a picture, then there are rough words which are very telling, they make their mark.

  Joseph Joubert

  Liquid, Language, Mark

  Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

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• It is always our inabilities that vex us.

  Joseph Joubert

  Inability, Vex, Ability

  Joseph Joubert (1928). “Pensées and letters of Joseph Joubert”

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• The ordinary true, or purely real, cannot be the object of the arts. Illusion on a ground of truth,--that is the secret of the fine arts.

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  Art, Real, Secret

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• Luckily, I never feel at one time more than half my pains.

  Joseph Joubert

  Pain, Half, Feels

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• We use up in the passions the stuff that was given us for happiness.

  Joseph Joubert

  Passion, Use, Stuff

  Joseph Joubert (1867). “Some of the "Thoughts" of Joseph Joubert”, p.58

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• The joy which is caused by truth and noble thoughts shows itself in the words by which they are expressed.

  Joseph Joubert

  Joy, Noble, Shows

  Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

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• Strength is natural, but grace is the growth of habit. This charming quality requires practice if it is to become lasting.

  Joseph Joubert

  Practice, Grace, Growth

  Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

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• To be capable of respect is almost as rare as to be worthy of it.

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  Respect, Worthy, Capable

  Joseph Joubert (1867). “Some of the "Thoughts" of Joseph Joubert”, p.120

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