Joseph Joubert Quotes on Wisdom
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All that is good in man lies in youthful feeling and mature thought.
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Ask the young. They know everything.
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Genuinely good remarks surprise their author as well as his audience.
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Life is a country that the old have seen, and lived in. Those who have to travel through it can only learn from them.
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Old age deprives the intelligent man only of qualities useless to wisdom.
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The passions of the young are vices in the old.
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The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.
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There is an admiration which is the daughter of knowledge.
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We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.