More from Joseph Joubert

  1. In order to be happy, think of the ills you have been spared.
  2. It is an aspect of all happiness to suppose that we deserve it.
  3. In bringing up a child, think of its old age.
  4. It is better to debate a question without deciding it than to decide it without debate.
  5. Imagination is the eye of the soul.
  6. It is easy to understand God as long as you don't try to explain him.
  7. How many people make themselves abstract to appear profound. The most useful part of abstract terms are the shadows they create to hide a v…
  8. Justice is the truth in action.

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