Joseph Joubert Quotes on Character
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Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable.
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Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms. This is true of bodies; but when we speak of feelings, beauty is in their spirituality, and grace in their moderation.
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Taste is the literary conscience of the soul.
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To be capable of respect is almost as rare as to be worthy of it.
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Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.