"Words are like eyeglasses they blur everything that they do not make clear."
"The passions should be purged; all may become innocent if they are well directed and moderated. Even hatred maybe a commendable feeling when it is caused by a lively love of good. Whatever makes the passions pure, makes them stronger, more durable, and more enjoyable."
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Source: Joseph Joubert (1867). “Some of the Thoughts of Joseph Joubert”, p.123
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