"Words are like eyeglasses they blur everything that they do not make clear."
"There is graciousness and a kind of urbanity in beginning with men by esteem and confidence. It proves, at least, that we have long lived in good company with others and with our selves."
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Source: Joseph Joubert (1867). “Some of the Thoughts of Joseph Joubert”, p.33
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