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Joseph Joubert was a French moralist and essayist, remembered today largely for his Pensées, which were published posthumously.

It is easy to understand God as long as you don’t try to explain him.
– Joseph Joubert

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Misery is almost always the result of thinking.
– Joseph Joubert

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Politeness is the flower of humanity.
– Joseph Joubert

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Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
– Joseph Joubert

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Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people.
– Joseph Joubert

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

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Children need models rather than critics.
– Joseph Joubert

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We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.
– Joseph Joubert

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Children always want to look behind mirrors.
– Joseph Joubert

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Imagination is the eye of the soul.
– Joseph Joubert

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Close your eyes and see.
– Joseph Joubert

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It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.
– Joseph Joubert

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Never cut what you can untie.
– Joseph Joubert

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He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.
– Joseph Joubert

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Innocence is always unsuspicious.
– Joseph Joubert

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All are born to observe order, but few are born to establish it.
– Joseph Joubert

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The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress.
– Joseph Joubert

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Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love truth.
– Joseph Joubert

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Ask the young. They know everything.
– Joseph Joubert

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Politeness is to goodness what words are to thoughts.
– Joseph Joubert

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