A Dictionary of Burning Words

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Quotes by Joseph Joubert

6 quotations from Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), with the subject each one is filed under.

Eyes raised toward heaven are always beautiful, whatever they be.— filed under Beauty
We comprehend the earth only when we have known heaven. Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.— filed under Bible
Children have more need of models than of critics.— filed under Children
Let us be men with men, and always children before God; for in His eyes we are but children. Old age itself, in presence in His eyes we are but children. Old age itself, in presence of eternity, is but the first moment of a morning. -— filed under Children
Men must be either the slaves of duty, or the slaves of force.— filed under Duty
Religion is the only metaphysics that the multitude can understand and adopt.— filed under Religion
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