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Them Quotes by Joseph Joubert
- Words become luminous when the poet's finger has passed over them its phosphorescence.
- All gardeners live in beautiful places because they make them so.
- When my friends lack an eye, I look at them in profile.
- Some superior minds are unrecognized because there is no standard by which to weigh them.
- Genius begins beautiful works, but only labor finishes them.
- Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
- We may convince others by our arguements, but we can only persuade them by their own
- Life is a country that the old have seen, and lived in. Those who have to travel through it can only learn from them.
- We may convince others by our arguments; but we can only persuade them by their own
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